diff --git a/CHANGES/v2.2.txt b/CHANGES/v2.2.txt
index 32558707ab2b7c7bbfe6191df800aa2c89de449f..b632a99a8905724dbb70ff3049a976303dcb66cc 100644
--- a/CHANGES/v2.2.txt
+++ b/CHANGES/v2.2.txt
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ For developers:
 - ./configure is automatically relaunched when changing ./configure or Makefile.conf. This makes it more robust
   to switch between branches.
 
-Version 2.2.2 (coming soon)
+Version 2.2.2 (Apr 13, 2016)
 ----------------------------------------------
 
 For users:
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index fbc2c38e3ab13db82b499b41a3a2e1cce8864a8d..ea0ddd64fff44581a7e4f0b5b64d6949f5dcad13 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # (this is same as gromacs)
 # Notice that "plumed --version" will return only 2.X
 # and "plumed --long-version" will return the full string
-2.2.1
+2.2.2