Merge pull request #520 from opentensor/backmerge/staging-971

Backmerge/staging 971

Author: ibraheem-abe

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 9.7.1/2025-06-26
+
+## What's Changed
+* Convert hyperparams from strings by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/btcli/pull/510
+* Ensure we parse strings for param names by @thewhaleking in https://github.com/opentensor/btcli/pull/511
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/btcli/compare/v9.7.0...v9.7.1
+
 ## 9.7.0/2025-06-16
 
 ## What's Changed

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "bittensor-cli"
-version = "9.7.0"
+version = "9.7.1"
 description = "Bittensor CLI"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [