diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index eb874f93e..5f58ef12f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-10-16  Robert Millan  <rmh.grub@aybabtu.com>
+
+	* configure.ac: Bump version to 1.97.
+
 2009-10-16  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
 
 	* configure.ac (TARGET_CFLAGS): Add -mno-mmx -mno-sse -mno-sse2
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f26b92447..ca837b6e5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dnl (such as TARGET_CC, TARGET_CFLAGS, etc.) are used for the target
 dnl type.
 
 
-AC_INIT([GRUB],[1.97~beta4],[bug-grub@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([GRUB],[1.97],[bug-grub@gnu.org])
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([include/grub/dl.h])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])