diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a46ba40532..9906279686 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ endif()
 # Binary name of KWin
 set(KWIN_NAME "kwin")
 set(KWIN_VERSION_MAJOR 4)
-set(KWIN_VERSION_MINOR 96)
+set(KWIN_VERSION_MINOR 97)
 set(KWIN_VERSION_PATCH 0)
 set(KWIN_VERSION ${KWIN_VERSION_MAJOR}.${KWIN_VERSION_MINOR}.${KWIN_VERSION_PATCH} )
 set(KWIN_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})