diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index f30e27d..f7559df 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ every change, see the Git log..
 
 Latest
 ------
+* tbd
+
+2.2.1
+-----
 * Patch: Fix cmake build, such that no artifacts are in resolve_symlinks
 
 2.2.0
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 0cc327b..3eb1a39 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import platform
 from waflib import Build, Errors, Logs
 
 APPNAME = "srt"
-VERSION = "2.2.0"
+VERSION = "2.2.1"
 
 
 def build(bld):