diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 8464e12..f997fc9 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.9.6
+current_version = 1.9.7
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/fbchat/__init__.py b/fbchat/__init__.py
index 17e55d6..bb53b91 100644
--- a/fbchat/__init__.py
+++ b/fbchat/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from ._client import Client
 from ._util import log  # TODO: Remove this (from examples too)
 
 __title__ = "fbchat"
-__version__ = "1.9.6"
+__version__ = "1.9.7"
 __description__ = "Facebook Chat (Messenger) for Python"
 
 __copyright__ = "Copyright 2015 - 2019 by Taehoon Kim"