diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d2e65e7c..cfd8e806 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-08-08  Jay Berkenbilt  <ejb@ql.org>
+
+	* 2.2.rc1: release
+
 2010-08-05  Jay Berkenbilt  <ejb@ql.org>
 
 	* Add QPDFObjectHandle::addPageContents, a convenience routine for
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 2f5668e4..b39f234a 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 2.2.0
 =====
 
- * shared library version information already bumped for 2.2.0.rc1
+ * shared library version information already bumped for 2.2.rc1
 
  * Work in contrib/vc6.  See email from stronghorse@tom.com.  Not yet
    mentioned in the docs.
 
- * Finish maintainer checklist.  Some release notes items have been
-   updated.
-
  * Find messages exchanged with Stefan Heinsen <stefan.heinsen@gmx.de>
    in August, 2009.  He seems to like to send encrypted mail (key
    01FCC336).  Tell him about newStream, replaceStreamData, and the
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 04c09e7e..4c57ba2c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 dnl This config.in requires autoconf 2.5 or greater.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.60)
-AC_INIT(qpdf,2.1.5)
+AC_INIT(qpdf,2.2.rc1)
 
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([autoconf.mk])
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
index 3869e00c..2acfd929 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <qpdf/QPDF_Null.hh>
 #include <qpdf/QPDF_Dictionary.hh>
 
-std::string QPDF::qpdf_version = "2.1.5";
+std::string QPDF::qpdf_version = "2.2.rc1";
 
 void
 QPDF::InputSource::setLastOffset(off_t offset)
diff --git a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
index 6a5c010b..3dc6aa1a 100644
--- a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
+++ b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 <!ENTITY mdash "&#x2014;">
 <!ENTITY ndash "&#x2013;">
 <!ENTITY nbsp "&#xA0;">
-<!ENTITY swversion "2.1.5">
-<!ENTITY lastreleased "April 25, 2010">
+<!ENTITY swversion "2.2.rc1">
+<!ENTITY lastreleased "August 8, 2010">
 ]>
 <book>
  <bookinfo>
@@ -2072,7 +2072,7 @@ print "\n";
   </para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
-    <term>2.2.0.rc1: XXX, 2010</term>
+    <term>2.2.rc1: August 8, 2010</term>
     <listitem>
      <itemizedlist>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/qpdf.spec b/qpdf.spec
index cfeb4a18..e2bb8986 100644
--- a/qpdf.spec
+++ b/qpdf.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: Command-line tools and library for transforming PDF files
 Name: qpdf
-Version: 2.1.5
+Version: 2.2.rc1
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: Artistic
 Group: System Environment/Libraries