diff --git a/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md b/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
index 1a3cb5f6e55f3..9371476197d49 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [2.97.1-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.97.0-alpha.0...v2.97.1-alpha.0) (2023-09-25)
+
 ## [2.97.0-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.96.2-alpha.0...v2.97.0-alpha.0) (2023-09-22)
 
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.v2.md b/CHANGELOG.v2.md
index 6f19c88135206..eea568c5c58c0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.v2.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.v2.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [2.97.1](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.97.0...v2.97.1) (2023-09-25)
+
+
+### Reverts
+
+* "feat(core): `Schedule` class" ([#27284](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/27284)) ([e2fc724](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/e2fc7240672b5c26394b2fe420531d62fe74189b)), closes [aws/aws-cdk#27105](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/27105) [#27259](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/27259)
+
 ## [2.97.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.96.2...v2.97.0) (2023-09-22)
 
 
diff --git a/version.v2.json b/version.v2.json
index aa61adfa55773..bd0b35d852ac7 100644
--- a/version.v2.json
+++ b/version.v2.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.97.0",
-  "alphaVersion": "2.97.0-alpha.0"
+  "version": "2.97.1",
+  "alphaVersion": "2.97.1-alpha.0"
 }
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