From af5d3072b82bd74f59fed95518ee821483698166 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nerdvegas <nerdvegas@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 14:36:38 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] chlog, version update

---
 CHANGELOG.md              | 7 +++++++
 src/rez/utils/_version.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 749be6bac..0bb71ff49 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## 2.97.0 (2021-10-19)
+[Source](https://github.com/nerdvegas/rez/tree/2.97.0) | [Diff](https://github.com/nerdvegas/rez/compare/2.96.0...2.97.0)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Improve rex env binding [\#1138](https://github.com/nerdvegas/rez/pull/1138) ([davidlatwe](https://github.com/davidlatwe))
+
 ## 2.96.0 (2021-10-19)
 [Source](https://github.com/nerdvegas/rez/tree/2.96.0) | [Diff](https://github.com/nerdvegas/rez/compare/2.95.3...2.96.0)
 
diff --git a/src/rez/utils/_version.py b/src/rez/utils/_version.py
index 04f13dbdc..52bcff2f4 100644
--- a/src/rez/utils/_version.py
+++ b/src/rez/utils/_version.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 
 # Update this value to version up Rez. Do not place anything else in this file.
-_rez_version = "2.96.0"
+_rez_version = "2.97.0"
 
 
 # Copyright 2013-2016 Allan Johns.