diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0b9c17b9b3..dd33b5f469 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [1.97.0](https://github.com/aws/jsii/compare/v1.96.0...v1.97.0) (2024-04-08)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **jsii-pacmak:** fully support the Python Version Identification part of PEP440 ([#4462](https://github.com/aws/jsii/issues/4462)) ([c8483fb](https://github.com/aws/jsii/commit/c8483fb5c3b2efc75a123fd4816859758b8612dd))
+
 ## [1.96.0](https://github.com/aws/jsii/compare/v1.95.0...v1.96.0) (2024-03-22)
 
 
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index e1374a6116..2ad0493913 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
       "rejectCycles": true
     }
   },
-  "version": "1.96.0",
+  "version": "1.97.0",
   "$schema": "node_modules/lerna/schemas/lerna-schema.json"
 }