start 2.2.0 branch
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1cff6c7..a26e002 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-annotations</name>
-  <version>2.1.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Core annotations used for value types, used by Jackson data binding package.
   </description>
 
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index cb83beb..40a72b8 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
-Version: 2.1.1
-
-Release date:
-  11-Nov-2012
+Version: 2.2.0 (xx-xxx-xxxx)
 
 Description:
-  A tiny update to 2.1.0.
+  New minor version
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+=== History: ===
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+2.1.1 (11-Nov-2012)
 
 Fixes:
 
 * Make ObjectIdGenerator java.io.Serializable (needed when serializing
   ObjectMappers/-Writers/-Readers)
 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-=== History: ===
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 2.1.0 (08-Oct-2012)
 
 New features: