updated version information for v2.2 development
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index a3e671d..5883215 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@
Starting with version 1.8.0, pybind11 releases use a `semantic versioning
<http://semver.org>`_ policy.
-v2.1.0 (not yet released)
+v2.2.0 (Not yet released)
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+* TBD
+
+v2.1.0 (March 22, 2017)
-----------------------------------------------------
* pybind11 now performs function overload resolution in two phases. The first
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 82dfe26..9f29304 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
# General information about the project.
project = 'pybind11'
-copyright = '2016, Wenzel Jakob'
+copyright = '2017, Wenzel Jakob'
author = 'Wenzel Jakob'
# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@
# built documents.
#
# The short X.Y version.
-version = '2.1'
+version = '2.2'
# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.1.dev0'
+release = '2.2.dev0'
# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
# for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/include/pybind11/common.h b/include/pybind11/common.h
index 762921c..92b69f5 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/common.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/common.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
#endif
#define PYBIND11_VERSION_MAJOR 2
-#define PYBIND11_VERSION_MINOR 1
+#define PYBIND11_VERSION_MINOR 2
#define PYBIND11_VERSION_PATCH dev0
/// Include Python header, disable linking to pythonX_d.lib on Windows in debug mode
diff --git a/pybind11/_version.py b/pybind11/_version.py
index 6a75a2d..73445e7 100644
--- a/pybind11/_version.py
+++ b/pybind11/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version_info = (2, 1, 'dev0')
+version_info = (2, 2, 'dev0')
__version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))