diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8613d95ce14e6f34668422fb5f820f0f7d00ef7c..1ad73b08de1d8d579b234c428a9073512c81d921 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "license": [
         "GPL-2.0-or-later"
     ],
-    "version": "9.6.4",
+    "version": "9.7.0",
     "support": {
     },
     "repositories": [
diff --git a/ext_emconf.php b/ext_emconf.php
index c8996f0dfc9f205b9267014a0fb50333e0aad64d..bf2ab90d8f3f5ec3832f6b11b22861b934b0f1fa 100644
--- a/ext_emconf.php
+++ b/ext_emconf.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ $EM_CONF['sg_news'] = [
 	'modify_tables' => '',
 	'clearCacheOnLoad' => 0,
 	'lockType' => '',
-	'version' => '9.6.4',
+	'version' => '9.7.0',
 	'constraints' => [
 		'depends' => [
 			'typo3' => '9.5.0-10.4.99',