diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1f079ce..61cab49 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+0.9.7
+=====
+* GreenPipe is now a context manager (thanks, quad)
+* tpool.Proxy supports iterators properly
+* bug fixes in eventlet.green.os (thanks, Benoit)
+* much code cleanup from Tavis
+* a few more example apps
+* multitudinous improvements in Py3k compatibility from amajorek
+
+
 0.9.6
 =====
 * new EVENTLET_HUB environment variable allows you to select a hub without code
diff --git a/doc/real_index.html b/doc/real_index.html
index fad3ad0..62ca706 100644
--- a/doc/real_index.html
+++ b/doc/real_index.html
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ easy_install eventlet
 
 <p>Alternately, you can download the source tarball:
 <ul>
-<li><a href="http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/e/eventlet/eventlet-0.9.6.tar.gz">eventlet-0.9.6.tar.gz</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/e/eventlet/eventlet-0.9.7.tar.gz">eventlet-0.9.7.tar.gz</a></li>
 </ul>
 </p>
 
diff --git a/eventlet/__init__.py b/eventlet/__init__.py
index 51b7e61..a757d58 100644
--- a/eventlet/__init__.py
+++ b/eventlet/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version_info = (0, 9, 7, 'dev1')
+version_info = (0, 9, 7)
 __version__ = ".".join(map(str, version_info))
 
 try: