diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 2d7d2f4..6c76917 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ const exercises = [_]Exercise{
     },
     .{
         .main_file = "097_bit_manipulation.zig",
-        .output = "x = 0; y = 1",
+        .output = "x = 1011; y = 1101",
     },
     .{
         .main_file = "098_bit_manipulation2.zig",
diff --git a/exercises/097_bit_manipulation.zig b/exercises/097_bit_manipulation.zig
index 03fc72d..0e64ad7 100644
--- a/exercises/097_bit_manipulation.zig
+++ b/exercises/097_bit_manipulation.zig
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ const print = std.debug.print;
 
 pub fn main() !void {
 
-    // As in the example above, we use 1 and 0 as values for x and y
-    var x: u8 = 1;
-    var y: u8 = 0;
+    // Let us use 1101 and 1011 as values for x and y
+    var x: u8 = 0b1101;
+    var y: u8 = 0b1011;
 
     // Now we swap the values of the two variables by doing xor on them
     x ^= y;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     // What must be written here?
     ???;
 
-    print("x = {d}; y = {d}\n", .{ x, y });
+    print("x = {b}; y = {b}\n", .{ x, y });
 }
 
 // This variable swap takes advantage of the fact that the value resulting
diff --git a/patches/patches/097_bit_manipulation.patch b/patches/patches/097_bit_manipulation.patch
index 5303ee1..19ba876 100644
--- a/patches/patches/097_bit_manipulation.patch
+++ b/patches/patches/097_bit_manipulation.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---- exercises/097_bit_manipulation.zig	2023-10-03 22:15:22.125574535 +0200
-+++ answers/097_bit_manipulation.zig	2023-10-05 20:04:07.282771124 +0200
+--- exercises/097_bit_manipulation.zig	2025-05-12 21:25:03.395385743 +0200
++++ answers/097_bit_manipulation.zig	2025-05-12 21:22:57.472986976 +0200
 @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
      y ^= x;
  
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 -    ???;
 +    x ^= y;
  
-     print("x = {d}; y = {d}\n", .{ x, y });
+     print("x = {b}; y = {b}\n", .{ x, y });
  }