diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 47a0d038f..e5f1348cb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,30 @@
+Clutter 1.22.0                                                       2015-03-23
+===============================================================================
+
+  • List of changes since Clutter 1.21.8
+
+    - Improve pointer tracking in the evdev input backend
+    Do not use the events after the queue processing, to avoid dropping events
+    due to compression.
+
+    - Fix handling of multiple stages with the GDK backend
+    A regression introduced when the GDK backend implemented its own master
+    clock using GdkFrameClock prevented applications with multiple stages to
+    be updated properly.
+
+    - Updated translations
+    Kazakh, Aragonese, Indonesian, Danish, Turkish.
+
+  • List of bugs fixed since Clutter 1.21.8
+
+    #746575 - cally-actor: Don't assume X11 backend is used when supported
+    #746328 - evdev: Keep track of the pointer coordinate ourself
+
+Many thanks to:
+
+  Muhammet Kara, Andika Triwidada, Ask H. Larsen, Baurzhan Muftakhidinov,
+  Daniel Martinez, Florian Müllner, Jonas Ådahl
+
 Clutter 1.21.8                                                       2015-03-15
 ===============================================================================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6cb98d5e8..4a9e27977 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 # - increase clutter_micro_version to the next odd number
 # - increase clutter_interface_version to the next odd number
 m4_define([clutter_major_version], [1])
-m4_define([clutter_minor_version], [21])
-m4_define([clutter_micro_version], [9])
+m4_define([clutter_minor_version], [22])
+m4_define([clutter_micro_version], [0])
 
 # • for stable releases: increase the interface age by 1 for each release;
 #   if the API changes, set to 0. interface_age and binary_age are used to