diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index 9e795da..a648aeb 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
 
 Summary: Library providing a simple virtualization API
 Name: libvirt
-Version: 9.6.0
+Version: 9.7.0
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-only AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND OFL-1.1
 URL: https://libvirt.org/
@@ -830,6 +830,7 @@ Requires: libvirt-daemon-log = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: libvirt-daemon-lock = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: libvirt-daemon-plugin-lockd = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: libvirt-daemon-proxy = %{version}-%{release}
+Recommends: libvirt-daemon = %{version}-%{release}
     %else
 Requires: libvirt-daemon = %{version}-%{release}
     %endif
@@ -857,6 +858,7 @@ Requires: libvirt-daemon-log = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: libvirt-daemon-lock = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: libvirt-daemon-plugin-lockd = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: libvirt-daemon-proxy = %{version}-%{release}
+Recommends: libvirt-daemon = %{version}-%{release}
     %else
 Requires: libvirt-daemon = %{version}-%{release}
     %endif
@@ -881,6 +883,7 @@ Summary: Server side daemon & driver required to run LXC guests
     %if %{with_modular_daemons}
 Requires: libvirt-daemon-common = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: libvirt-daemon-proxy = %{version}-%{release}
+Recommends: libvirt-daemon = %{version}-%{release}
     %else
 Requires: libvirt-daemon = %{version}-%{release}
     %endif
@@ -906,6 +909,7 @@ Requires: libvirt-daemon-common = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: libvirt-daemon-lock = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: libvirt-daemon-plugin-lockd = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: libvirt-daemon-proxy = %{version}-%{release}
+Recommends: libvirt-daemon = %{version}-%{release}
     %else
 Requires: libvirt-daemon = %{version}-%{release}
     %endif
@@ -930,6 +934,7 @@ Summary: Server side daemon & driver required to run VirtualBox guests
     %if %{with_modular_daemons}
 Requires: libvirt-daemon-common = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: libvirt-daemon-proxy = %{version}-%{release}
+Recommends: libvirt-daemon = %{version}-%{release}
     %else
 Requires: libvirt-daemon = %{version}-%{release}
     %endif
@@ -1716,14 +1721,14 @@ exit 0
 
 %pre daemon-driver-secret
 %libvirt_sysconfig_pre virtsecretd
-%libvirt_systemd_unix_pre virsecretd
+%libvirt_systemd_unix_pre virtsecretd
 
 %posttrans daemon-driver-secret
 %libvirt_sysconfig_posttrans virtsecretd
-%libvirt_systemd_unix_posttrans virsecretd
+%libvirt_systemd_unix_posttrans virtsecretd
 
 %preun daemon-driver-secret
-%libvirt_systemd_unix_preun virsecretd
+%libvirt_systemd_unix_preun virtsecretd
 
 %pre daemon-driver-storage-core
 %libvirt_sysconfig_pre virtstoraged
@@ -2135,8 +2140,6 @@ exit 0
 %ghost %dir %{_rundir}/libvirt/qemu/slirp/
 %ghost %dir %{_rundir}/libvirt/qemu/swtpm/
 %dir %attr(0751, %{qemu_user}, %{qemu_group}) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/qemu/
-%dir %attr(0751, %{qemu_user}, %{qemu_group}) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/
-%dir %attr(0751, %{qemu_user}, %{qemu_group}) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/
 %dir %attr(0751, %{qemu_user}, %{qemu_group}) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/qemu/checkpoint/
 %dir %attr(0751, %{qemu_user}, %{qemu_group}) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/qemu/dump/
 %dir %attr(0751, %{qemu_user}, %{qemu_group}) %{_localstatedir}/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/
@@ -2467,6 +2470,9 @@ exit 0
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Sep  1 2023 Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> - 9.7.0-1
+- Update to version 9.7.0
+
 * Tue Aug 01 2023 Cole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com> - 9.6.0-1
 - Update to version 9.6.0
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 1f43dbb..502c1a1 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libvirt-9.6.0.tar.xz) = 654d22cc71926715e103313f01a4f117a19dfcf3087ffe714cf2114dbc88e42ac33cc6c100c61e60f76f13468ff5f369b157748ca6cd69c4d504d4de6b6e44b4
+SHA512 (libvirt-9.7.0.tar.xz) = dd771822c0fa0861a32cab9d7f82235b101867fa0a4e8cf9a857ddfb2347e41b625b1e6f8791c4b3543fec836a1a23cae1fac4ce4b40debd51f2097bae46c949