diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index ba2ef72fe3..898a339325 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ orbs:
 parameters:
   go-version:
     type: string
-    default: '1.17.7'
+    default: '1.17.8'
 
 executors:
   node:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 74219ca4fa..0731cd47bf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # SingularityCE Changelog
 
-## Changes Since Last Release
+## v3.9.7 \[2022-03-23\]
 
-### Bug Fixes
+### Bug fixes
 
 - Support nvidia-container-cli v1.8.0 and above, via fix to capability set.
 - Avoid cleanup panic when invalid file specified for --apply-cgroups.
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index d84300a33c..7994d71d59 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ cd singularity
 By default your clone will be on the `master` branch which is where development
 of SingularityCE happens. To build a specific version of SingularityCE, check
 out a [release tag](https://github.com/sylabs/singularity/tags) before
-compiling. E.g. to build the 3.9.6 release checkout the `v3.9.6` tag:
+compiling. E.g. to build the 3.9.7 release checkout the `v3.9.7` tag:
 
 ```sh
-git checkout v3.9.6
+git checkout v3.9.7
 ```
 
 ## Compiling SingularityCE
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ build and install the RPM like this:
 <!-- markdownlint-disable MD013 -->
 
 ```sh
-export VERSION=3.9.6  # this is the singularity version, change as you need
+export VERSION=3.9.7  # this is the singularity version, change as you need
 
 # Fetch the source
 wget https://github.com/sylabs/singularity/releases/download/v${VERSION}/singularity-ce-${VERSION}.tar.gz