diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index 63d7d3e5e..917090784 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 ## Latest Changes
 
 
+## 0.97.0
+
 ### Features
 
 * ✨ Add support for `dependencies` in WebSocket routes. PR [#4534](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/4534) by [@paulo-raca](https://github.com/paulo-raca).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index 2bc795b4b..46a056363 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.96.1"
+__version__ = "0.97.0"
 
 from starlette import status as status