diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4b0389acdf3..a9237afce22 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "litellm"
-version = "1.97.0"
+version = "1.97.1"
 description = "Library to easily interface with LLM API providers"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10, <3.15"
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ members = ["enterprise", "litellm-proxy-extras"]
 profile = "black"
 
 [tool.commitizen]
-version = "1.97.0"
+version = "1.97.1"
 version_files = [
     "pyproject.toml:^version",
 ]