diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 7dcc8427d..f3307b35a 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ android {
         applicationId "com.google.android.stardroid"
         minSdkVersion 21
         targetSdkVersion 30
-        versionCode 1523
-        versionName "1.9.6 - RC6"
+        versionCode 1524
+        versionName "1.9.7 - RC1"
         buildConfigField 'String', 'GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_CODE', '""'
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
     }
diff --git a/celestial_objects.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-fa/celestial_objects.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from celestial_objects.xml
rename to app/src/main/res/values-fa/celestial_objects.xml
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/whatsnew.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/whatsnew.xml
index 9bc0723ea..240196f0a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/whatsnew.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/whatsnew.xml
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
     <string name="whats_new_text" translation_description="Description of new features in this version in html">
 <![CDATA[
     <h1>New in version %s</h1>
-    \t • Fixed the order of Jupiter and Saturn<br/>
-    \t • Added the Great Conjunction (Jupiter/Saturn) in Time Travel mode (languages: en,es)<br/>
-    \t • Internal update to the data generation code<br/>
+    \t • Persian Translations (Credit: MLDFRJDN) <br/>
 ]]>
     </string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8853fa6e5..6efbc6c5c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.1'
 
         // Specified as going here by the Firebase instructions.
         classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.4'