diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e176b7fb4..8e31ee5ee 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-0.21.8	UNRELEASED
+0.22.0	2024-04-22
 
  * Stop installing docs/ as part of package code. (Jelmer Vernooij, #1248)
 
diff --git a/dulwich/__init__.py b/dulwich/__init__.py
index 1850594a0..40ec989e8 100644
--- a/dulwich/__init__.py
+++ b/dulwich/__init__.py
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
 
 """Python implementation of the Git file formats and protocols."""
 
-__version__ = (0, 21, 8)
+__version__ = (0, 22, 0)