diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e9c9303ca..8f42d1db4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-06-14  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@ximian.com>
+
+	* configure.in : bump the version to 0.97, tag.
+
 2004-06-12  Todd Berman  <tberman@sevenl.net>
 
 	* glib/ObjectManager.cs: change CreateInstance overload being used
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e01a0143b..09772eadb 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 AC_INIT(README)
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gtk-sharp, 0.96)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gtk-sharp, 0.97)
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
 API_VERSION=1.0.0.0