diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 5b69dfefbf6..065dcbd16d1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "che-code",
-  "version": "7.96.0-next",
+  "version": "7.97.0-next",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "che-code",
-      "version": "7.96.0-next",
+      "version": "7.97.0-next",
       "license": "EPL-2.0"
     }
   }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e4c70d4a586..292b26c068a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "che-code",
-  "version": "7.96.0-next",
+  "version": "7.97.0-next",
   "description": "Run Code-OSS on kubernetes",
   "scripts": {
     "prepare": "cd code && npm install && npm run download-builtin-extensions",