3 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1108f2144..ac11504b1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 News (mainly features/major bug fixes)
 
+portage-2.3.97
+--------------
+* Support for the PORTAGE_LOG_FILTER_FILE_CMD variable has been
+  temporarily removed due to bug 716636.
+
 portage-2.3.90
 --------------
 * The new PORTAGE_LOG_FILTER_FILE_CMD make.conf(5) variable specifies a
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index a247104c8..bdabb7e9b 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Release Notes; upgrade information mainly.
 Features/major bugfixes are listed in NEWS
 
+portage-2.3.97
+==================================
+* Bug Fixes:
+    - Bug 709746 temporarily remove PORTAGE_LOG_FILTER_FILE_CMD support
+    - Bug 715162 infer implicit soname from file basename, for musl
+    - Bug 716636 emerge hangs in releases after 2.3.89-r1
+
 portage-2.3.96
 ==================================
 * Bug Fixes:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f9c3418a3..47fcc6938 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ class build_ext(_build_ext):
 
 setup(
 	name = 'portage',
-	version = '2.3.96',
+	version = '2.3.97',
 	url = 'https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage',
 	author = 'Gentoo Portage Development Team',
 	author_email = 'dev-portage@gentoo.org',