diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index c693ed4688c..91b0c3d7196 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "5.96.0"
+    ".": "5.97.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 262719e742b..74450b9d0bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project does adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [5.97.0](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-dotnet/compare/5.96.0...5.97.0) (2025-11-18)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **generation:** update request builders and models ([c7d3d3d](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-dotnet/commit/c7d3d3d5513f95bbe0dc4a40fa19012fddb55ccf))
+
 ## [5.96.0](https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-dotnet/compare/5.95.0...5.96.0) (2025-11-06)
 
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Graph/Microsoft.Graph.csproj b/src/Microsoft.Graph/Microsoft.Graph.csproj
index 6308393cc74..8782a094337 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Graph/Microsoft.Graph.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Graph/Microsoft.Graph.csproj
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>35MSSharedLib1024.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
     <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
-    <VersionPrefix>5.96.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>5.97.0</VersionPrefix>
     <!-- x-release-please-end -->
     <!-- VersionPrefix minor version should not be set when the change comes from the generator. It will be updated automatically. -->
     <!-- VersionPrefix minor version must be manually set when making manual changes to code. -->