diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index a3e671dfb..5883215c7 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ Changelog
 Starting with version 1.8.0, pybind11 releases use a `semantic versioning
 <http://semver.org>`_ policy.
 
-v2.1.0 (not yet released)
+v2.2.0 (Not yet released)
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+* TBD
+
+v2.1.0 (March 22, 2017)
 -----------------------------------------------------
 
 * pybind11 now performs function overload resolution in two phases. The first
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 82dfe262d..9f29304a2 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = 'pybind11'
-copyright = '2016, Wenzel Jakob'
+copyright = '2017, Wenzel Jakob'
 author = 'Wenzel Jakob'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ author = 'Wenzel Jakob'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '2.1'
+version = '2.2'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.1.dev0'
+release = '2.2.dev0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/include/pybind11/common.h b/include/pybind11/common.h
index 762921ca2..92b69f5dd 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/common.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/common.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #define PYBIND11_VERSION_MAJOR 2
-#define PYBIND11_VERSION_MINOR 1
+#define PYBIND11_VERSION_MINOR 2
 #define PYBIND11_VERSION_PATCH dev0
 
 /// Include Python header, disable linking to pythonX_d.lib on Windows in debug mode
diff --git a/pybind11/_version.py b/pybind11/_version.py
index 6a75a2d26..73445e7dd 100644
--- a/pybind11/_version.py
+++ b/pybind11/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version_info = (2, 1, 'dev0')
+version_info = (2, 2, 'dev0')
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))