diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f11425c..c958250 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ project(jsoncpp
         # 2. ./include/json/version.h
         # 3. ./CMakeLists.txt
         # IMPORTANT: also update the PROJECT_SOVERSION!!
-        VERSION 1.9.6 # <major>[.<minor>[.<patch>[.<tweak>]]]
+        VERSION 1.9.7 # <major>[.<minor>[.<patch>[.<tweak>]]]
         LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 message(STATUS "JsonCpp Version: ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}")
-set(PROJECT_SOVERSION 26)
+set(PROJECT_SOVERSION 27)
 
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/PreventInSourceBuilds.cmake)
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/PreventInBuildInstalls.cmake)
diff --git a/include/json/version.h b/include/json/version.h
index 38faedf..25745cc 100644
--- a/include/json/version.h
+++ b/include/json/version.h
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 // 3. /CMakeLists.txt
 // IMPORTANT: also update the SOVERSION!!
 
-#define JSONCPP_VERSION_STRING "1.9.6"
+#define JSONCPP_VERSION_STRING "1.9.7"
 #define JSONCPP_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define JSONCPP_VERSION_MINOR 9
-#define JSONCPP_VERSION_PATCH 6
+#define JSONCPP_VERSION_PATCH 7
 #define JSONCPP_VERSION_QUALIFIER
 #define JSONCPP_VERSION_HEXA                                                   \
   ((JSONCPP_VERSION_MAJOR << 24) | (JSONCPP_VERSION_MINOR << 16) |             \
diff --git a/log.txt b/log.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8255b22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/log.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+Don't use build dir build interfaces (#1419)
+Added Value::find with String key (#1467)
+cmake export configuration: allow repeating find_package(jsoncpp) calls (#1491)
+Introduce CharReaderBuilder::ecma404Mode (#1333)
+meson.build: fix the version number (#1432)
+include/json/value.h is changed (#1462)
+Create a jsoncppConfig.cmake file, even if building under meson (#1486)
+Update CMakeLists.txt (#1528)
+Protect target JsonCpp::JsonCpp against multi-include (#1435)
+Opportunistically take advantage of C++20 move-in/out-of stringstream (#1457)
+Use current source / binary dir when assuring out of source builds (#1527)
+Move removeIndex's result instead of copying (#1516)
+Update cmake.yml
+Update meson.yml (#1564)
+Create cmake.yml (#1563)
+remove ccache micro management (#1448)
+Add security policy (#1484)
+Update readFromString.cpp (#1477)
+Fixed setting JSONCPP_USE_SECURE_MEMORY definition (#1479)
+Fix compile on windows with clang (#1480)
+CharReader: Add StructuredError (#1409)
+Update link in amalgamate.py (#1335)
+Bump CMake policy version to avoid deprecation warning (#1499)
+build(meson): use find_program('python3') (#1386)
+Update clang-format.yml
+Update meson.yml (#1562)
+Add code coverage (#1561)
+Update clang-format.yml
+add a valueToQuotedString overload  (#1397)
+Fix asserts in Value::setComment (#1445)
+Fix out-of-bounds read. (#1503)
+Fix a parser bug where tokens are misidentified as commas. (#1502)
+Update clang-format.yml
+Update meson.yml
+Update meson.yml (#1554)
+Clang format updates (#1560)
+Update clang-format.yml
+Update clang-format.yml
+Create clang-format.yml
+add comment space directive (#1558)
+Delete .travis_scripts directory (#1556)
+Delete .travis.yml (#1557)
+Fix clang format issues (#1555)
+Delete .github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
+Rename meson_build_and_run to meson.yml
+Create meson_build_and_run (#1553)
+Create c-cpp.yml
+Avoid using cmake glob vars if we are a subproject (#1459)
+feat: adds front and back methods to Value type (#1458)
+Fix wrong usage of doxygen groups (#1417)
+Use default rather than hard-coded 8 for maximum aggregate member alignment (#1378)
+Fix various typos (#1350)
+Parse large floats as infinity (#1349) (#1353)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 561b41c..8e8d57e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ project(
   # 2. /include/json/version.h
   # 3. /CMakeLists.txt
   # IMPORTANT: also update the SOVERSION!!
-  version : '1.9.6',
+  version : '1.9.7',
   default_options : [
     'buildtype=release',
     'cpp_std=c++11',
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jsoncpp_lib = library(
     'src/lib_json/json_value.cpp',
     'src/lib_json/json_writer.cpp',
   ]),
-  soversion : 26,
+  soversion : 27,
   install : true,
   include_directories : jsoncpp_include_directories,
   cpp_args: dll_export_flag)