diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4c9ba9e..e46bb11 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-10-11 Paul Jakma <paul@dishone.st>
+
+	* bump version to 0.97.1, release imminent.
+
 2004-10-07 Paul Jakma <paul@dishone.st>
 
 	* bump version to 0.97.0, release imminent.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5afa965..895b3e5 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 ##  Copyright (c) 1996, 97, 98, 99, 2000 Kunihiro Ishiguro <kunihiro@zebra.org>
 ##  Portions Copyright (c) 2003 Paul Jakma <paul@dishone.st>
 ##
-## $Id: configure.ac,v 1.69 2004/10/07 16:25:49 paul Exp $
+## $Id: configure.ac,v 1.70 2004/10/11 18:26:59 paul Exp $
 AC_PREREQ(2.53)
 
-AC_INIT(Quagga, 0.97.0, [http://bugzilla.quagga.net])
+AC_INIT(Quagga, 0.97.1, [http://bugzilla.quagga.net])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(lib/zebra.h)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(1.6)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)