diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a7dfd67..9fde141 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This projec
 adheres to [PEP 440](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/) versioning schema, and
 the changelog itself conforms to [Keep A Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/).
 
+## v9.7.1 (2025-04-23)
+
+### Refactor
+
+-   import from module `_tools` instead of `tools`
+
 ## v9.7.0 (2025-04-22)
 
 ### Feat
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7b050e6..22bf624 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ annotated_tag = true
 changelog_incremental = true
 tag_format = "v$version"
 update_changelog_on_bump = true
-version = "9.7.0"
+version = "9.7.1"
 
 [tool.hatch.version]
 source = "vcs"