diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 23ae1b5dc2682..10201185495a7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.9.6
+2.9.7
diff --git a/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
index 71757af739ac8..102a59b2b5134 100644
--- a/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ kind: Kustomization
 images:
 - name: quay.io/argoproj/argocd
   newName: quay.io/argoproj/argocd
-  newTag: v2.9.6
+  newTag: v2.9.7
 resources:
 - ./application-controller
 - ./dex
diff --git a/manifests/core-install.yaml b/manifests/core-install.yaml
index 7937b85925d00..d348b9542ef1d 100644
--- a/manifests/core-install.yaml
+++ b/manifests/core-install.yaml
@@ -20750,7 +20750,7 @@ spec:
               key: applicationsetcontroller.allowed.scm.providers
               name: argocd-cmd-params-cm
               optional: true
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: argocd-applicationset-controller
         ports:
@@ -21050,7 +21050,7 @@ spec:
           value: /helm-working-dir
         - name: HELM_DATA_HOME
           value: /helm-working-dir
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
@@ -21102,7 +21102,7 @@ spec:
         - -n
         - /usr/local/bin/argocd
         - /var/run/argocd/argocd-cmp-server
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         name: copyutil
         securityContext:
           allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
@@ -21321,7 +21321,7 @@ spec:
               key: controller.kubectl.parallelism.limit
               name: argocd-cmd-params-cm
               optional: true
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: argocd-application-controller
         ports:
diff --git a/manifests/core-install/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/core-install/kustomization.yaml
index e439a57ad1d4e..fff8a9a3fd93b 100644
--- a/manifests/core-install/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/core-install/kustomization.yaml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ resources:
 images:
 - name: quay.io/argoproj/argocd
   newName: quay.io/argoproj/argocd
-  newTag: v2.9.6
+  newTag: v2.9.7
diff --git a/manifests/ha/base/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/ha/base/kustomization.yaml
index 1dde6b3b3c9c4..8207e8273377d 100644
--- a/manifests/ha/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/ha/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ patches:
 images:
 - name: quay.io/argoproj/argocd
   newName: quay.io/argoproj/argocd
-  newTag: v2.9.6
+  newTag: v2.9.7
 resources:
 - ../../base/application-controller
 - ../../base/applicationset-controller
diff --git a/manifests/ha/install.yaml b/manifests/ha/install.yaml
index e52126d7da315..025b126df5bc8 100644
--- a/manifests/ha/install.yaml
+++ b/manifests/ha/install.yaml
@@ -22007,7 +22007,7 @@ spec:
               key: applicationsetcontroller.allowed.scm.providers
               name: argocd-cmd-params-cm
               optional: true
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: argocd-applicationset-controller
         ports:
@@ -22130,7 +22130,7 @@ spec:
         - -n
         - /usr/local/bin/argocd
         - /shared/argocd-dex
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: copyutil
         securityContext:
@@ -22206,7 +22206,7 @@ spec:
               key: application.namespaces
               name: argocd-cmd-params-cm
               optional: true
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           tcpSocket:
@@ -22537,7 +22537,7 @@ spec:
           value: /helm-working-dir
         - name: HELM_DATA_HOME
           value: /helm-working-dir
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
@@ -22589,7 +22589,7 @@ spec:
         - -n
         - /usr/local/bin/argocd
         - /var/run/argocd/argocd-cmp-server
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         name: copyutil
         securityContext:
           allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
@@ -22884,7 +22884,7 @@ spec:
               key: server.api.content.types
               name: argocd-cmd-params-cm
               optional: true
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
@@ -23130,7 +23130,7 @@ spec:
               key: controller.kubectl.parallelism.limit
               name: argocd-cmd-params-cm
               optional: true
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: argocd-application-controller
         ports:
diff --git a/manifests/ha/namespace-install.yaml b/manifests/ha/namespace-install.yaml
index 77c9679256dca..69d471c07cabd 100644
--- a/manifests/ha/namespace-install.yaml
+++ b/manifests/ha/namespace-install.yaml
@@ -1662,7 +1662,7 @@ spec:
               key: applicationsetcontroller.allowed.scm.providers
               name: argocd-cmd-params-cm
               optional: true
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: argocd-applicationset-controller
         ports:
@@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ spec:
         - -n
         - /usr/local/bin/argocd
         - /shared/argocd-dex
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: copyutil
         securityContext:
@@ -1861,7 +1861,7 @@ spec:
               key: application.namespaces
               name: argocd-cmd-params-cm
               optional: true
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           tcpSocket:
@@ -2192,7 +2192,7 @@ spec:
           value: /helm-working-dir
         - name: HELM_DATA_HOME
           value: /helm-working-dir
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
@@ -2244,7 +2244,7 @@ spec:
         - -n
         - /usr/local/bin/argocd
         - /var/run/argocd/argocd-cmp-server
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         name: copyutil
         securityContext:
           allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
@@ -2539,7 +2539,7 @@ spec:
               key: server.api.content.types
               name: argocd-cmd-params-cm
               optional: true
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
@@ -2785,7 +2785,7 @@ spec:
               key: controller.kubectl.parallelism.limit
               name: argocd-cmd-params-cm
               optional: true
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: argocd-application-controller
         ports:
diff --git a/manifests/install.yaml b/manifests/install.yaml
index 83c91bc43d72a..2e389b51ee2a2 100644
--- a/manifests/install.yaml
+++ b/manifests/install.yaml
@@ -21102,7 +21102,7 @@ spec:
               key: applicationsetcontroller.allowed.scm.providers
               name: argocd-cmd-params-cm
               optional: true
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: argocd-applicationset-controller
         ports:
@@ -21225,7 +21225,7 @@ spec:
         - -n
         - /usr/local/bin/argocd
         - /shared/argocd-dex
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: copyutil
         securityContext:
@@ -21301,7 +21301,7 @@ spec:
               key: application.namespaces
               name: argocd-cmd-params-cm
               optional: true
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           tcpSocket:
@@ -21583,7 +21583,7 @@ spec:
           value: /helm-working-dir
         - name: HELM_DATA_HOME
           value: /helm-working-dir
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
@@ -21635,7 +21635,7 @@ spec:
         - -n
         - /usr/local/bin/argocd
         - /var/run/argocd/argocd-cmp-server
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         name: copyutil
         securityContext:
           allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
@@ -21928,7 +21928,7 @@ spec:
               key: server.api.content.types
               name: argocd-cmd-params-cm
               optional: true
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
@@ -22174,7 +22174,7 @@ spec:
               key: controller.kubectl.parallelism.limit
               name: argocd-cmd-params-cm
               optional: true
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: argocd-application-controller
         ports:
diff --git a/manifests/namespace-install.yaml b/manifests/namespace-install.yaml
index c26034afa26da..e75b0d2d50453 100644
--- a/manifests/namespace-install.yaml
+++ b/manifests/namespace-install.yaml
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ spec:
               key: applicationsetcontroller.allowed.scm.providers
               name: argocd-cmd-params-cm
               optional: true
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: argocd-applicationset-controller
         ports:
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ spec:
         - -n
         - /usr/local/bin/argocd
         - /shared/argocd-dex
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: copyutil
         securityContext:
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ spec:
               key: application.namespaces
               name: argocd-cmd-params-cm
               optional: true
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           tcpSocket:
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ spec:
           value: /helm-working-dir
         - name: HELM_DATA_HOME
           value: /helm-working-dir
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           failureThreshold: 3
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ spec:
         - -n
         - /usr/local/bin/argocd
         - /var/run/argocd/argocd-cmp-server
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         name: copyutil
         securityContext:
           allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
@@ -1583,7 +1583,7 @@ spec:
               key: server.api.content.types
               name: argocd-cmd-params-cm
               optional: true
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         livenessProbe:
           httpGet:
@@ -1829,7 +1829,7 @@ spec:
               key: controller.kubectl.parallelism.limit
               name: argocd-cmd-params-cm
               optional: true
-        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.6
+        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v2.9.7
         imagePullPolicy: Always
         name: argocd-application-controller
         ports: