diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d3820d62d..c7dfab084 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+Cogl 1.22.0                                                        2015-09-16
+
+  • List of changes since Cogl 1.21.2
+
+  » Improvements in handling errors in the KMS winsys [#754540]
+  » Fix crashers in Wayland and GLX winsys [#754667, #754888]
+
+Many thanks to:
+
+  Ray Strode
+  Lionel Landwerlin
+  Chao-Hsiung Liao
+
 Cogl 1.21.2                                                        2015-08-21
 
   • List of changes since Cogl 1.20.0
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b61b06a52..1b55e8bf5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ m4_define([cogl_version],
 
 dnl Since the core Cogl library has to also maintain support for the
 dnl Cogl 1.x API for Clutter then we track the 1.x version separately.
-m4_define([cogl_1_minor_version], [21])
-m4_define([cogl_1_micro_version], [3])
+m4_define([cogl_1_minor_version], [22])
+m4_define([cogl_1_micro_version], [0])
 m4_define([cogl_1_version], [1.cogl_1_minor_version.cogl_1_micro_version])
 
 dnl ================================================================
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ dnl ================================================================
 #  5. If any interfaces have been removed since the last public release,
 #     then set AGE to 0.
 m4_define([cogl_lt_current], 24)
-m4_define([cogl_lt_revision], 0)
+m4_define([cogl_lt_revision], 1)
 m4_define([cogl_lt_age], 4)
 # We do also tell libtool the pretty version:
 m4_define([cogl_lt_release], [cogl_version])