diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
index 49b22d68dc7..91b74285b39 100644
--- a/.zenodo.json
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
     "description": "Mirror of the Sage https://sagemath.org/ source tree", 
     "license": "other-open", 
-    "title": "sagemath/sage: 9.7.rc2", 
-    "version": "9.7.rc2", 
+    "title": "sagemath/sage: 9.7", 
+    "version": "9.7", 
     "upload_type": "software", 
-    "publication_date": "2022-09-17", 
+    "publication_date": "2022-09-19", 
     "creators": [
         {
             "affiliation": "SageMath.org", 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "related_identifiers": [
         {
             "scheme": "url", 
-            "identifier": "https://github.com/sagemath/sage/tree/9.7.rc2", 
+            "identifier": "https://github.com/sagemath/sage/tree/9.7", 
             "relation": "isSupplementTo"
         }, 
         {
diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index b63eff86bef..6e6a77791e1 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SageMath version 9.7.rc2, Release Date: 2022-09-17
+SageMath version 9.7, Release Date: 2022-09-19
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
index 48189ef845c..60fd713965e 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 tarball=configure-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=70b1e96e1bd71efd90b1d1345b9c8d4d12de432b
-md5=bf9529bff5e1c938c51668f0687ae5a0
-cksum=1982975454
+sha1=db02cdbab3867dce3649cd49823a54dac6a3835b
+md5=3580c14fc2c2671103073cb9cb7f8176
+cksum=2388907413
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
index 37da2e9a6db..efaab3b5685 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4f225f4cc66a7d515ea6598ebe9b2ff48e114a15
+59ac11a9375feaada4486b63ed9900651e0a6fdb
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sage_conf/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sage_conf/install-requires.txt
index 496914816ad..a0356056891 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sage_conf/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sage_conf/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sage-conf ~= 9.7rc2
+sage-conf ~= 9.7
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sage_docbuild/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sage_docbuild/install-requires.txt
index 56ba1015d98..202df450687 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sage_docbuild/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sage_docbuild/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sage-docbuild ~= 9.7rc2
+sage-docbuild ~= 9.7
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sage_setup/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sage_setup/install-requires.txt
index 60e2ed2c881..1b631d955d2 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sage_setup/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sage_setup/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sage-setup ~= 9.7rc2
+sage-setup ~= 9.7
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sage_sws2rst/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sage_sws2rst/install-requires.txt
index 47283b61993..344cda711c9 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sage_sws2rst/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sage_sws2rst/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sage-sws2rst ~= 9.7rc2
+sage-sws2rst ~= 9.7
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagelib/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagelib/install-requires.txt
index d009d8b4834..edd78431534 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagelib/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagelib/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagelib ~= 9.7rc2
+sagelib ~= 9.7
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_categories/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_categories/install-requires.txt
index 984fcd77cb0..848ad97d3e1 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_categories/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_categories/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-categories ~= 9.7rc2
+sagemath-categories ~= 9.7
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_environment/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_environment/install-requires.txt
index 6de5c339724..92b35788acb 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_environment/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_environment/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-environment ~= 9.7rc2
+sagemath-environment ~= 9.7
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_objects/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_objects/install-requires.txt
index 614677a4a19..17764575b14 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_objects/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_objects/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-objects ~= 9.7rc2
+sagemath-objects ~= 9.7
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-conf/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-conf/VERSION.txt
index 13ac8fa02e9..9d5e716c055 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-conf/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-conf/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.rc2
+9.7
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-conf_pypi/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-conf_pypi/VERSION.txt
index 13ac8fa02e9..9d5e716c055 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-conf_pypi/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-conf_pypi/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.rc2
+9.7
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-docbuild/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-docbuild/VERSION.txt
index 13ac8fa02e9..9d5e716c055 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-docbuild/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-docbuild/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.rc2
+9.7
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-setup/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-setup/VERSION.txt
index 13ac8fa02e9..9d5e716c055 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-setup/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-setup/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.rc2
+9.7
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-sws2rst/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-sws2rst/VERSION.txt
index 13ac8fa02e9..9d5e716c055 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-sws2rst/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-sws2rst/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.rc2
+9.7
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-categories/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-categories/VERSION.txt
index 13ac8fa02e9..9d5e716c055 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-categories/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-categories/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.rc2
+9.7
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-environment/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-environment/VERSION.txt
index 13ac8fa02e9..9d5e716c055 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-environment/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-environment/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.rc2
+9.7
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-objects/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-objects/VERSION.txt
index 13ac8fa02e9..9d5e716c055 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-objects/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-objects/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.rc2
+9.7
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-repl/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-repl/VERSION.txt
index 13ac8fa02e9..9d5e716c055 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-repl/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-repl/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.rc2
+9.7
diff --git a/src/VERSION.txt b/src/VERSION.txt
index 13ac8fa02e9..9d5e716c055 100644
--- a/src/VERSION.txt
+++ b/src/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.rc2
+9.7
diff --git a/src/bin/sage-version.sh b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
index 6f4e41fabfc..7fc8e994958 100644
--- a/src/bin/sage-version.sh
+++ b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 # which stops "setup.py develop" from rewriting it as a Python file.
 :
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-SAGE_VERSION='9.7.rc2'
-SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2022-09-17'
-SAGE_VERSION_BANNER='SageMath version 9.7.rc2, Release Date: 2022-09-17'
+SAGE_VERSION='9.7'
+SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2022-09-19'
+SAGE_VERSION_BANNER='SageMath version 9.7, Release Date: 2022-09-19'
diff --git a/src/sage/version.py b/src/sage/version.py
index 8e72819281d..139e6f07404 100644
--- a/src/sage/version.py
+++ b/src/sage/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Sage version information for Python scripts
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-version = '9.7.rc2'
-date = '2022-09-17'
-banner = 'SageMath version 9.7.rc2, Release Date: 2022-09-17'
+version = '9.7'
+date = '2022-09-19'
+banner = 'SageMath version 9.7, Release Date: 2022-09-19'