diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 36aed03c02..0ade4dc7d0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 		"tokenInformation",
 		"treeViewMarkdownMessage"
 	],
-	"version": "0.96.0",
+	"version": "0.98.0",
 	"publisher": "GitHub",
 	"engines": {
 		"vscode": "^1.92.0"