diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a6e1decf..e78f64ddd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ To build from source, get the latest stable version of sbt (above) and get the c
 The '-n' option is strictly only necessary when using msysgit on Windows.
 (This works around an issue with spaces in the 'master' branch by not checking the 'master' branch out initially.)
 
-The latest tag for 0.9.x is 0.9.6:
+The latest tag for 0.9.x is 0.9.7:
 
-	$ git checkout v0.9.6
+	$ git checkout v0.9.7
 
 Or, get the development branch for 0.9.x:
 
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ To build:
 
 Copy your stable ~/bin/sbt script to ~/bin/xsbt and change it to use the launcher at:
 
-	<xsbt>/target/sbt-launch-0.9.6.jar
+	<xsbt>/target/sbt-launch-0.9.7.jar
 
 If using the 0.9 development branch, the launcher is at:
 
-	<xsbt>/target/sbt-launch-0.9.7-SNAPSHOT.jar
+	<xsbt>/target/sbt-launch-0.9.8-SNAPSHOT.jar
diff --git a/launch/src/main/resources/sbt/sbt.boot.properties b/launch/src/main/resources/sbt/sbt.boot.properties
index 193a6cd0c..6a5b9bdb3 100644
--- a/launch/src/main/resources/sbt/sbt.boot.properties
+++ b/launch/src/main/resources/sbt/sbt.boot.properties
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 [app]
   org: org.scala-tools.sbt
   name: sbt
-  version: read(sbt.version)[0.9.7-SNAPSHOT]
+  version: read(sbt.version)[0.9.7]
   class: ${sbt.main.class-sbt.xMain}
   components: xsbti
   cross-versioned: true
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index b81617dae..2c18ae193 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project.organization=org.scala-tools.sbt
 project.name=xsbt
 sbt.version=0.7.7
-project.version=0.9.7-SNAPSHOT
+project.version=0.9.7
 build.scala.versions=2.8.1