diff --git a/TAG b/TAG
index a9bf4838afa..a1bba89215a 100644
--- a/TAG
+++ b/TAG
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.1.104-tb
+2.2.0-rc1
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index abcf1744a31..ccbccc3dc62 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.1.104
+2.2.0
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0372488891f..846637d687f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+daos (2.2.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+  [ Johann Lombardi ]
+  * First release candidate for 2.2.0
+
+ -- Johann Lombardi <johann.lombardi@intel.com>  Fri, 2 Sep 2022 12:00:00 -0100
+
 daos (2.1.104-5) unstable; urgency=medium
   [ Ashley Pittman ]
   * Add dfuse unit-test binary to call from ftest.
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 1f79103cce3..2fd323a4ae8 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Project Information
-site_name: DAOS v2.1 - dev
+site_name: DAOS v2.2
 site_description: Distributed Asynchronous Object Storage
 site_author: DAOS Project
 
diff --git a/utils/rpms/daos.spec b/utils/rpms/daos.spec
index 6db7c5d204d..fc3f3349f88 100644
--- a/utils/rpms/daos.spec
+++ b/utils/rpms/daos.spec
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:          daos
-Version:       2.1.104
-Release:       5%{?relval}%{?dist}
+Version:       2.2.0
+Release:       1%{?relval}%{?dist}
 Summary:       DAOS Storage Engine
 
 License:       BSD-2-Clause-Patent
@@ -571,6 +571,9 @@ getent passwd daos_agent >/dev/null || useradd -s /sbin/nologin -r -g daos_agent
 # No files in a shim package
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Sep 2 2022 Johann Lombardi <johann.lombardi@intel.com> 2.2.0-1
+- First release candidate for 2.2.0.
+
 * Thu Aug 25 2022 Ashley Pittman <ashley.m.pittman@intel.com> 2.1.104-5
 - Add dfuse unit-test binary to call from ftest.