diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 44037f5a8be95..64b29ef565c65 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  ".": "9.6.7",
+  ".": "9.7.0",
   "workspaces/arborist": "6.2.9",
   "workspaces/libnpmaccess": "7.0.2",
   "workspaces/libnpmdiff": "5.0.17",
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 92c17b7cb5b67..83b6a823bc4a1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,31 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [9.7.0](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/v9.6.7...v9.7.0) (2023-05-23)
+
+### Features
+
+* [`361e194`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/361e1945b5a34230690ccf37a14687d021e1dbce) [#6483](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6483) implement flag --prefer-dedupe for `npm install` (#6483) (@m4rch3n1ng)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* [`4b5ccfc`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/4b5ccfce376378521cb743bfbd32a724340e75b8) [#6477](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6477) make usage and completion static functions (#6477) (@lukekarrys)
+* [`4f39e8c`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/4f39e8c983e652b66f9c342b93694a29dc5a0b92) [#6479](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6479) refactor engines validation to lint syntax (#6479) (@lukekarrys)
+* [`f3cfe12`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/f3cfe129b2602e8f454acac572a51d8adc6c1111) [#6482](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6482) remove unused lib/npm relics (#6482) (@lukekarrys)
+* [`87de0c7`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/87de0c79cca0788d728095cfb537447745bada13) [#6472](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6472) move explore command to @npmcli/package-json (@wraithgar)
+* [`636e29e`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/636e29e2c887e7f197977e3215642b6778eb59de) [#6472](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6472) move to @npmcli/package-json where possible (@wraithgar)
+* [`37cc797`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/37cc797341100cd0a8371e80b25b938f166c9d71) [#6418](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6418) retrieve registry keys via TUF (#6418) (@bdehamer)
+
+### Documentation
+
+* [`83cd5bd`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/83cd5bd68aa6255c598b8dd3a544f16129885aee) [#6480](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6480) add global option for uninstall (#6480) (@m4rch3n1ng)
+* [`0400ce3`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/0400ce3c9d7af792c9931f1ba365e25b899833b6) [#6481](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6481) add cli params to `npm set`, `npm get` (#6481) (@m4rch3n1ng)
+* [`c3638ce`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/c3638ce613364aff50fedb493a97f1ee60211158) [#6468](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6468) remove `package-lock` option for `npm ci` (#6468) (@m4rch3n1ng)
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* [`fc52ca8`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/fc52ca8c0bd2aeb4e3885e5395ec647628bdd87c) [#6472](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6472) remove read-package-json-fast
+* [`3238aa7`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/3238aa78905bc90b404dc3075ec810884f8fd1c8) [#6472](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6472) remove read-package-json
+
 ## [9.6.7](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/v9.6.6...v9.6.7) (2023-05-17)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 730a831eee429..9c6c2956a9f77 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "npm",
-  "version": "9.6.7",
+  "version": "9.7.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0023c1c0f5538..e02ad45131ac0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "9.6.7",
+  "version": "9.7.0",
   "name": "npm",
   "description": "a package manager for JavaScript",
   "workspaces": [