diff --git a/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/Chart.yaml b/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/Chart.yaml
index 7922aa1d7..cd0f27a00 100644
--- a/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/Chart.yaml
+++ b/k8s/charts/seaweedfs/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 description: SeaweedFS
 name: seaweedfs
-appVersion: "3.96"
+appVersion: "3.97"
 # Dev note: Trigger a helm chart release by `git tag -a helm-<version>`
-version: 4.0.396
+version: 4.0.397
diff --git a/weed/util/version/constants.go b/weed/util/version/constants.go
index 39e0a8dbb..d144d4efe 100644
--- a/weed/util/version/constants.go
+++ b/weed/util/version/constants.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	MAJOR_VERSION  = int32(3)
-	MINOR_VERSION  = int32(96)
+	MINOR_VERSION  = int32(97)
 	VERSION_NUMBER = fmt.Sprintf("%d.%02d", MAJOR_VERSION, MINOR_VERSION)
 	VERSION        = util.SizeLimit + " " + VERSION_NUMBER
 	COMMIT         = ""