diff --git a/lib/mongo/version.rb b/lib/mongo/version.rb
index ea41ea7f87..0dc1851ac2 100644
--- a/lib/mongo/version.rb
+++ b/lib/mongo/version.rb
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ module Mongo
   #
   # Note that this file is automatically updated via `rake candidate:create`.
   # Manual changes to this file will be overwritten by that rake task.
-  VERSION = '2.21.3'
+  VERSION = '2.22.0'
 end
diff --git a/product.yml b/product.yml
index b260f3316f..e980e18617 100644
--- a/product.yml
+++ b/product.yml
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ description: a pure-Ruby driver for connecting to, querying, and manipulating Mo
 package: mongo
 jira: https://jira.mongodb.org/projects/RUBY
 version:
-  number: 2.21.3
+  number: 2.22.0
   file: lib/mongo/version.rb