diff --git a/VERSION_MATRIX.md b/VERSION_MATRIX.md
index 35c15f0bdaa6dd0f9aa35eac7986f2e1b03b8e5c..c158288b03f03ce31caa6fd08c3f849ba7402912 100644
--- a/VERSION_MATRIX.md
+++ b/VERSION_MATRIX.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Topmost entry = Tag `latest`
 
 | R     | Python  | Jupyter Hub | Jupyter Lab | code‑server (Code) | RStudio       | Neovim | Git    | Git LFS | Pandoc | CRAN date  | Linux distro |
 |:------|:--------|:------------|:------------|:-------------------|:--------------|:-------|:-------|:--------|:-------|:-----------|:-------------|
-| 4.4.2 | 3.12.9  | 5.2.1       | 4.3.5       | 4.96.4 (1.96.4)    | 2024.12.1+563 | 0.10.4 | 2.48.1 | 3.6.1   | 3.4    |            | Debian 12    |
+| 4.4.2 | 3.12.9  | 5.2.1       | 4.3.5       | 4.97.2 (1.97.2)    | 2024.12.1+563 | 0.10.4 | 2.48.1 | 3.6.1   | 3.4    |            | Debian 12    |
 | 4.4.1 | 3.12.7  | 5.2.1       | 4.2.5       | 4.93.1 (1.93.1)    | 2024.09.0+375 | 0.10.2 | 2.47.0 | 3.5.1   | 3.2    | 2024‑10‑31 | Debian 12    |
 | 4.4.0 | 3.12.4  | 5.0.0       | 4.2.2       | 4.90.0 (1.90.0)    | 2024.04.2+764 | n/a    | 2.45.2 | 3.5.1   | 3.1.11 | 2024‑06‑14 | Debian 12    |
 | 4.3.3 | 3.11.9  | 4.1.5       | 4.1.6       | 4.23.0 (1.88.0)    | n/a           | n/a    | 2.44.0 | 3.5.1   | 3.1.11 | 2024‑04‑24 | Debian 12    |
diff --git a/base/latest.Dockerfile b/base/latest.Dockerfile
index 4b623aea73ac7b1780c5237491d7542ad09d0941..c53e0dbaf1fe8b7fbd4fc0df3ac9025e29d6a7bb 100644
--- a/base/latest.Dockerfile
+++ b/base/latest.Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ARG NB_UID=1000
 ARG JUPYTERHUB_VERSION=5.2.1
 ARG JUPYTERLAB_VERSION=4.3.5
 ARG CODE_BUILTIN_EXTENSIONS_DIR=/opt/code-server/lib/vscode/extensions
-ARG CODE_SERVER_VERSION=4.96.4
+ARG CODE_SERVER_VERSION=4.97.2
 ARG RSTUDIO_VERSION
 ARG NEOVIM_VERSION=0.10.4
 ARG GIT_VERSION=2.48.1