diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: usethis
 Title: Automate Package and Project Setup
-Version: 2.2.0.9000
+Version: 2.2.1
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", , "hadley@posit.co", role = "aut",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-4757-117X")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# usethis (development version)
+# usethis 2.2.1
 
 * Internal helper `cran_version()`, used in functions such as
   `use_release_checklist()` and `use_news_md()`, is more resilient to situations