diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 713e60d43eec7caf830893349f4642898b3b60a2..e7c12dd919a00788616ebe55021d755f474d7c6c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Changes in synapse v0.22.0 (2017-07-06)
+=======================================
+
+No changes since v0.22.0-rc2
+
+
 Changes in synapse v0.22.0-rc2 (2017-07-04)
 ===========================================
 
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index c26e8d4d93e24a5dc417eac2ba529f96cedc0334..60af1cbecd2a4f74cea18f3d1bb0274c9337ddb8 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 """ This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.22.0-rc2"
+__version__ = "0.22.0"