diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 88c5d08..7d2f833 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org).
 
 
+## [2.9.7] - 2022-02-21
+
+### Fixed
+fix pex publishing
+
 ## [2.9.6] - 2022-02-21
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/autofaiss/version.py b/autofaiss/version.py
index 5155a1d..af0214d 100644
--- a/autofaiss/version.py
+++ b/autofaiss/version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # pylint: disable=all
 
-__version__ = "2.9.6"
+__version__ = "2.9.7"
 __author__ = "Criteo"