diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f641f2470d931c059f3244188e3892696a611356..afafa8d8b477355e5568ed05714285731818ac48 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 Changelog is kept at [GitHub](https://github.com/Dronehub/minijson/releases),
 here's only the changelog for the version in development
 
-# v2.1
-
-* proofed against loading empty strings
-* Python 3.6 is supported
-* minor speed improvements
+# v2.2
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b817eb980d844228439b086d3421782bea8e4915..146c590ac5523fb7d62d3446573415e02982e52d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 [metadata]
-version = 2.1
+version = 2.2a1
 name = minijson
 long-description = file: README.md
 long-description-content-type = text/markdown; charset=UTF-8