diff --git a/k8s/seaweedfs/Chart.yaml b/k8s/seaweedfs/Chart.yaml
index 6c60fd763..4ff72783b 100644
--- a/k8s/seaweedfs/Chart.yaml
+++ b/k8s/seaweedfs/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 description: SeaweedFS
 name: seaweedfs
-version: 1.96
\ No newline at end of file
+version: 1.97
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/k8s/seaweedfs/values.yaml b/k8s/seaweedfs/values.yaml
index b491addc5..855d3c7f8 100644
--- a/k8s/seaweedfs/values.yaml
+++ b/k8s/seaweedfs/values.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ global:
   registry: ""
   repository: ""
   imageName: chrislusf/seaweedfs
-  imageTag: "1.96"
+  imageTag: "1.97"
   imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   imagePullSecrets: imagepullsecret
   restartPolicy: Always
diff --git a/weed/util/constants.go b/weed/util/constants.go
index 26ea072bb..7fd2a4fb0 100644
--- a/weed/util/constants.go
+++ b/weed/util/constants.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	VERSION = fmt.Sprintf("%s %d.%d", sizeLimit, 1, 96)
+	VERSION = fmt.Sprintf("%s %d.%d", sizeLimit, 1, 97)
 	COMMIT  = ""
 )