diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 713e60d43e..e7c12dd919 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Changes in synapse v0.22.0 (2017-07-06)
+=======================================
+
+No changes since v0.22.0-rc2
+
+
 Changes in synapse v0.22.0-rc2 (2017-07-04)
 ===========================================
 
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index c26e8d4d93..60af1cbecd 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 """ This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.22.0-rc2"
+__version__ = "0.22.0"