diff --git a/apps/rush/package.json b/apps/rush/package.json
index 29a93d8397a..5bdaf332aa5 100644
--- a/apps/rush/package.json
+++ b/apps/rush/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@microsoft/rush",
-  "version": "5.96.0",
+  "version": "5.97.0",
   "description": "A professional solution for consolidating all your JavaScript projects in one Git repo",
   "keywords": [
     "install",
diff --git a/common/config/rush/version-policies.json b/common/config/rush/version-policies.json
index a03639f590a..06a888cd44b 100644
--- a/common/config/rush/version-policies.json
+++ b/common/config/rush/version-policies.json
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
   {
     "policyName": "rush",
     "definitionName": "lockStepVersion",
-    "version": "5.96.0",
+    "version": "5.97.0",
     "nextBump": "minor",
     "mainProject": "@microsoft/rush"
   }
diff --git a/libraries/rush-lib/package.json b/libraries/rush-lib/package.json
index 5ffaaf4c791..313d8232201 100644
--- a/libraries/rush-lib/package.json
+++ b/libraries/rush-lib/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@microsoft/rush-lib",
-  "version": "5.96.0",
+  "version": "5.97.0",
   "description": "A library for writing scripts that interact with the Rush tool",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/libraries/rush-sdk/package.json b/libraries/rush-sdk/package.json
index 165d6788ede..515a7fbcb66 100644
--- a/libraries/rush-sdk/package.json
+++ b/libraries/rush-sdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@rushstack/rush-sdk",
-  "version": "5.96.0",
+  "version": "5.97.0",
   "description": "An API for interacting with the Rush engine",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/rush-plugins/rush-amazon-s3-build-cache-plugin/package.json b/rush-plugins/rush-amazon-s3-build-cache-plugin/package.json
index 6722f86fc5e..2f6d886066b 100644
--- a/rush-plugins/rush-amazon-s3-build-cache-plugin/package.json
+++ b/rush-plugins/rush-amazon-s3-build-cache-plugin/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@rushstack/rush-amazon-s3-build-cache-plugin",
-  "version": "5.96.0",
+  "version": "5.97.0",
   "description": "Rush plugin for Amazon S3 cloud build cache",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/rush-plugins/rush-azure-storage-build-cache-plugin/package.json b/rush-plugins/rush-azure-storage-build-cache-plugin/package.json
index 091156f5538..898752e0f46 100644
--- a/rush-plugins/rush-azure-storage-build-cache-plugin/package.json
+++ b/rush-plugins/rush-azure-storage-build-cache-plugin/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@rushstack/rush-azure-storage-build-cache-plugin",
-  "version": "5.96.0",
+  "version": "5.97.0",
   "description": "Rush plugin for Azure storage cloud build cache",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",