diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
index 521a275f9f9..c85db074952 100644
--- a/.zenodo.json
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
     "description": "Mirror of the Sage https://sagemath.org/ source tree", 
     "license": "other-open", 
-    "title": "sagemath/sage: 9.7.beta6", 
-    "version": "9.7.beta6", 
+    "title": "sagemath/sage: 9.7.beta7", 
+    "version": "9.7.beta7", 
     "upload_type": "software", 
-    "publication_date": "2022-07-24", 
+    "publication_date": "2022-08-01", 
     "creators": [
         {
             "affiliation": "SageMath.org", 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "related_identifiers": [
         {
             "scheme": "url", 
-            "identifier": "https://github.com/sagemath/sage/tree/9.7.beta6", 
+            "identifier": "https://github.com/sagemath/sage/tree/9.7.beta7", 
             "relation": "isSupplementTo"
         }, 
         {
diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index f863f2ae553..856153db3cc 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SageMath version 9.7.beta6, Release Date: 2022-07-24
+SageMath version 9.7.beta7, Release Date: 2022-08-01
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
index afab7685edb..5d644a9c50a 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 tarball=configure-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=32693d220d5b1c5d743b33e2a5ab8b1cbd07d077
-md5=ee385184c3a968a0dcf6534c538ff25d
-cksum=4278547201
+sha1=4990a91b1c7cd53d82c6f7bbfc5bef6fa8db4343
+md5=fdda24ab1c082707991f319419057d77
+cksum=640816463
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
index 070c6a81d59..d2c6ebac44a 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-74ea2f1b4b1eb592f2f9b1aaba35cc3bc09d5af3
+c94df557112150bfba730df6413f11cb2e467a2a
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sage_conf/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sage_conf/install-requires.txt
index 8ec83b2b905..0a0c5683586 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sage_conf/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sage_conf/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sage-conf ~= 9.7b6
+sage-conf ~= 9.7b7
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sage_docbuild/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sage_docbuild/install-requires.txt
index 9199fde5772..308ba619e99 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sage_docbuild/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sage_docbuild/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sage-docbuild ~= 9.7b6
+sage-docbuild ~= 9.7b7
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sage_setup/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sage_setup/install-requires.txt
index 4497f3f35a9..88513351baa 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sage_setup/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sage_setup/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sage-setup ~= 9.7b6
+sage-setup ~= 9.7b7
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sage_sws2rst/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sage_sws2rst/install-requires.txt
index aabd0d31807..dba96c04502 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sage_sws2rst/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sage_sws2rst/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sage-sws2rst ~= 9.7b6
+sage-sws2rst ~= 9.7b7
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagelib/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagelib/install-requires.txt
index 35f845894d6..95b491986be 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagelib/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagelib/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagelib ~= 9.7b6
+sagelib ~= 9.7b7
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_categories/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_categories/install-requires.txt
index da1b503c697..b6bf33b366b 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_categories/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_categories/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-categories ~= 9.7b6
+sagemath-categories ~= 9.7b7
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_environment/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_environment/install-requires.txt
index 1dd6c84bc68..2b0860e50e3 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_environment/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_environment/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-environment ~= 9.7b6
+sagemath-environment ~= 9.7b7
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_objects/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/sagemath_objects/install-requires.txt
index b28d0b381ca..a5e38a81da6 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_objects/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_objects/install-requires.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is updated on every release by the sage-update-version script
-sagemath-objects ~= 9.7b6
+sagemath-objects ~= 9.7b7
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-conf/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-conf/VERSION.txt
index ec1cd2281f6..126f83659f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-conf/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-conf/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.beta6
+9.7.beta7
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-conf_pypi/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-conf_pypi/VERSION.txt
index ec1cd2281f6..126f83659f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-conf_pypi/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-conf_pypi/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.beta6
+9.7.beta7
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-docbuild/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-docbuild/VERSION.txt
index ec1cd2281f6..126f83659f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-docbuild/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-docbuild/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.beta6
+9.7.beta7
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-setup/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-setup/VERSION.txt
index ec1cd2281f6..126f83659f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-setup/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-setup/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.beta6
+9.7.beta7
diff --git a/pkgs/sage-sws2rst/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sage-sws2rst/VERSION.txt
index ec1cd2281f6..126f83659f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/sage-sws2rst/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sage-sws2rst/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.beta6
+9.7.beta7
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-categories/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-categories/VERSION.txt
index ec1cd2281f6..126f83659f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-categories/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-categories/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.beta6
+9.7.beta7
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-environment/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-environment/VERSION.txt
index ec1cd2281f6..126f83659f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-environment/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-environment/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.beta6
+9.7.beta7
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-objects/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-objects/VERSION.txt
index ec1cd2281f6..126f83659f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-objects/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-objects/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.beta6
+9.7.beta7
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-repl/VERSION.txt b/pkgs/sagemath-repl/VERSION.txt
index ec1cd2281f6..126f83659f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-repl/VERSION.txt
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-repl/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.beta6
+9.7.beta7
diff --git a/src/VERSION.txt b/src/VERSION.txt
index ec1cd2281f6..126f83659f2 100644
--- a/src/VERSION.txt
+++ b/src/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.7.beta6
+9.7.beta7
diff --git a/src/bin/sage-version.sh b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
index 33a79c5a046..a2e6977f9c6 100644
--- a/src/bin/sage-version.sh
+++ b/src/bin/sage-version.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Sage version information for shell scripts. The following line is valid shell code
+# Sage version information for shell scripts.
 #
 # #31049: The following line is valid shell code but not valid Python code,
 # which stops "setup.py develop" from rewriting it as a Python file.
 :
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-SAGE_VERSION='9.7.beta6'
-SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2022-07-24'
-SAGE_VERSION_BANNER='SageMath version 9.7.beta6, Release Date: 2022-07-24'
+SAGE_VERSION='9.7.beta7'
+SAGE_RELEASE_DATE='2022-08-01'
+SAGE_VERSION_BANNER='SageMath version 9.7.beta7, Release Date: 2022-08-01'
diff --git a/src/sage/version.py b/src/sage/version.py
index d7d504505d1..79214ce3e4d 100644
--- a/src/sage/version.py
+++ b/src/sage/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Sage version information for Python scripts
 # This file is auto-generated by the sage-update-version script, do not edit!
-version = '9.7.beta6'
-date = '2022-07-24'
-banner = 'SageMath version 9.7.beta6, Release Date: 2022-07-24'
+version = '9.7.beta7'
+date = '2022-08-01'
+banner = 'SageMath version 9.7.beta7, Release Date: 2022-08-01'