diff --git a/Changes.txt b/Changes.txt
index 15837e50..2cb9e8e5 100644
--- a/Changes.txt
+++ b/Changes.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 @page changes Changes
 
 
+## 0.9.7 August 3 2020
+
+- Changed #lxw_chart_data_label field from `.delete` to `.hide` in order to
+  avoid reserved word conflict with C++.
+  Issue [#300][gh_300].
+
+  [gh_300]: https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/issues/300
+
+
 ## 0.9.6 August 3 2020
 
 - Added support for chart custom data labels. See @ref chart_custom_labels and
diff --git a/include/xlsxwriter.h b/include/xlsxwriter.h
index 510664de..97152118 100644
--- a/include/xlsxwriter.h
+++ b/include/xlsxwriter.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "xlsxwriter/format.h"
 #include "xlsxwriter/utility.h"
 
-#define LXW_VERSION "0.9.6"
-#define LXW_VERSION_ID 96
+#define LXW_VERSION "0.9.7"
+#define LXW_VERSION_ID 97
 
 #endif /* __LXW_XLSXWRITER_H__ */
diff --git a/libxlsxwriter.podspec b/libxlsxwriter.podspec
index a55e782f..859504af 100644
--- a/libxlsxwriter.podspec
+++ b/libxlsxwriter.podspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name                  = "libxlsxwriter"
-  s.version               = "0.9.6"
+  s.version               = "0.9.7"
   s.summary               = "Libxlsxwriter: A C library for creating Excel XLSX files."
   s.ios.deployment_target = "8.0"
   s.osx.deployment_target = "10.8"