diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e775be44..d8d5190b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ endif()
 set(IDENTIFIER "io.github.quotient_im.Quaternion")
 set(COPYRIGHT "Copyright © 2015-2024 The Quaternion contributors")
 
-project(quaternion VERSION 0.0.96.91 LANGUAGES CXX)
+project(quaternion VERSION 0.0.96.81 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     set(LINUX 1)
diff --git a/client/main.cpp b/client/main.cpp
index 1c1121bc..0b9e58c5 100644
--- a/client/main.cpp
+++ b/client/main.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
     QApplication::setOrganizationName(u"Quotient"_s);
     QApplication::setApplicationName(u"quaternion"_s);
     QApplication::setApplicationDisplayName(u"Quaternion"_s);
-    QApplication::setApplicationVersion(u"0.0.96.91"_s);
+    QApplication::setApplicationVersion(u"0.0.97 beta"_s);
     QApplication::setDesktopFileName(AppId);
 
     using Quotient::Settings;
diff --git a/linux/io.github.quotient_im.Quaternion.appdata.xml b/linux/io.github.quotient_im.Quaternion.appdata.xml
index 3f311c88..6989da3f 100644
--- a/linux/io.github.quotient_im.Quaternion.appdata.xml
+++ b/linux/io.github.quotient_im.Quaternion.appdata.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
   </replaces>
 
   <releases>
+    <release version="0.0.96.81" type="development" date="2024-11-03">
+      <url>https://github.com/quotient-im/Quaternion/releases/tag/0.0.97-beta1</url>
+      <description><p>0.0.97 beta</p>
+        <p>Port Quaternion to libQuotient 0.9</p>
+      </description>
+    </release>
     <release version="0.0.96.1" date="2024-02-19">
       <url>https://github.com/quotient-im/Quaternion/releases/tag/0.0.96.1</url>
       <description><p>Changes since 0.0.96:</p>