diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 15dfcfae1..76f9d686b 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 |kitty| is a feature-rich, cross-platform, *fast*, GPU based terminal.
 To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
 
-0.22.1 [future]
+0.22.1 [2021-07-31]
 ----------------------
 
 - Fix a regression in the previous release that broke ``kitty --help`` (:iss:`3869`)
diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index 3156bcbc9..6732d1945 100644
--- a/kitty/constants.py
+++ b/kitty/constants.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Version(NamedTuple):
 
 appname: str = 'kitty'
 kitty_face = '🐱'
-version: Version = Version(0, 22, 0)
+version: Version = Version(0, 22, 1)
 str_version: str = '.'.join(map(str, version))
 _plat = sys.platform.lower()
 is_macos: bool = 'darwin' in _plat