diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 78d0d578b..ee3d2be11 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 
 
+## v9.7.1 (2024-05-07)
+
+### Fix
+
+* fix(gha): fix missing `git_committer_*` definition in action (#919)
+
+  Resolves: #918 ([`ccef9d8`](https://github.com/python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release/commit/ccef9d8521be12c0640369b3c3a80b81a7832662))
+
+
 ## v9.7.0 (2024-05-06)
 
 ### Documentation
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 137b9f134..5d2ce4bfd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "python-semantic-release"
-version = "9.7.0"
+version = "9.7.1"
 description = "Automatic Semantic Versioning for Python projects"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 license = { text = "MIT" }
diff --git a/semantic_release/__init__.py b/semantic_release/__init__.py
index 5a7ca2855..a1ce029ba 100644
--- a/semantic_release/__init__.py
+++ b/semantic_release/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     tags_and_versions,
 )
 
-__version__ = "9.7.0"
+__version__ = "9.7.1"
 
 
 def setup_hook(argv: list[str]) -> None: