diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 21d320ac0..7da7ab119 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Getting Started
 ---------------
 To get started, download and install the current release version of Cappuccino:
 
-    $ curl https://raw.github.com/cappuccino/cappuccino/v0.9.6/bootstrap.sh >/tmp/cappuccino_bootstrap.sh && bash /tmp/cappuccino_bootstrap.sh
+    $ curl https://raw.github.com/cappuccino/cappuccino/v0.9.7-alpha1/bootstrap.sh >/tmp/cappuccino_bootstrap.sh && bash /tmp/cappuccino_bootstrap.sh
 
 If you'd just like to get started using Cappuccino for your web apps, you are done.
 
diff --git a/Tools/Documentation/Cappuccino.doxygen b/Tools/Documentation/Cappuccino.doxygen
index 1a4588f8c..9ffc4f361 100644
--- a/Tools/Documentation/Cappuccino.doxygen
+++ b/Tools/Documentation/Cappuccino.doxygen
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = " API"
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.9.6
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.9.7
 
 PROJECT_LOGO             = ./Tools/Documentation/logo.png
 
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 21b62cbea..2ce2943f8 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ install_directory=""
 tmp_zip="/tmp/cappuccino.zip"
 
 github_user="cappuccino"
-github_ref="v0.9.6"
+github_ref="v0.9.7-alpha1"
 
 noprompt=""
 install_capp=""
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index 1a254d7f1..9863dbe63 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "version": "0.9.6"
+    "version": "0.9.7-alpha1"
 }
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