diff --git a/staging/VERSION b/staging/VERSION
index 391abbe5..aed56dac 100644
--- a/staging/VERSION
+++ b/staging/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Wine Staging 9.6
+Wine Staging 9.7
diff --git a/staging/upstream-commit b/staging/upstream-commit
index f25e2e66..2c02bcc7 100644
--- a/staging/upstream-commit
+++ b/staging/upstream-commit
@@ -1 +1 @@
-b87589757b82b36a8a58ca26f6dcabb550826ceb
+166895ae3ad3890ad946a309d0fd85e89ea3630e