diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index f422f91..1fe6134 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.9.6
+current_version = 1.9.7
 tag = True
 commit = True
 
diff --git a/bin.d/50-spl-jmespath/jpath.py b/bin.d/50-spl-jmespath/jpath.py
index 007f07a..dcde852 100644
--- a/bin.d/50-spl-jmespath/jpath.py
+++ b/bin.d/50-spl-jmespath/jpath.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
 
-__version__ = "1.9.6"
+__version__ = "1.9.7"
 
 import os
 import sys
diff --git a/bin.d/50-spl-jsonformat/jsonformat.py b/bin.d/50-spl-jsonformat/jsonformat.py
index 1b4b88b..4c9b0fe 100644
--- a/bin.d/50-spl-jsonformat/jsonformat.py
+++ b/bin.d/50-spl-jsonformat/jsonformat.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
 
-__version__ = "1.9.6"
+__version__ = "1.9.7"
 
 import os
 import sys
diff --git a/bin.d/60-legacy/jpath.py b/bin.d/60-legacy/jpath.py
index ef667ab..8aa849f 100644
--- a/bin.d/60-legacy/jpath.py
+++ b/bin.d/60-legacy/jpath.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from jmespath import functions
 import jmespath
 
-__version__ = "1.9.6"
+__version__ = "1.9.7"
 
 import json
 import re
diff --git a/bin.d/60-legacy/jsonformat.py b/bin.d/60-legacy/jsonformat.py
index 938284b..d24b401 100755
--- a/bin.d/60-legacy/jsonformat.py
+++ b/bin.d/60-legacy/jsonformat.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
 
-__version__ = "1.9.6"
+__version__ = "1.9.7"
 
 import os
 import ast
diff --git a/default.d/20-base/app.conf b/default.d/20-base/app.conf
index b7f4379..9b25589 100644
--- a/default.d/20-base/app.conf
+++ b/default.d/20-base/app.conf
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ is_configured = 0
 [launcher]
 author = kintyre
 description = Kintyre's JMESPath for Splunk
-version = 1.9.6
+version = 1.9.7
 
 [package]
 check_for_updates = true