diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 735a68dc6..340e7df12 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>`.
 
-0.21.3 [future]
+0.22.0 [2021-07-26]
 ----------------------
 
 - Add a new :ref:`action-toggle_layout` action to easily zoom/unzoom a window
diff --git a/docs/graphics-protocol.rst b/docs/graphics-protocol.rst
index 3a31563e8..055e6601c 100644
--- a/docs/graphics-protocol.rst
+++ b/docs/graphics-protocol.rst
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ data and has no gap, so its gap must be set using this control code.
 Composing animation frames
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. versionadded:: 0.21.3
+.. versionadded:: 0.22.0
    Support for frame composition
 
 Clients can *compose* animation frames, this means that they can compose pixels
diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index 2973bbbc8..3e5f70c35 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, 21, 2)
+version: Version = Version(0, 22, 0)
 str_version: str = '.'.join(map(str, version))
 _plat = sys.platform.lower()
 is_macos: bool = 'darwin' in _plat