diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index b8906ea75a9b9626e83a6b2759516c0d6eb02ce1..b1639aecdd4404cd0d94c58fb4820f3ddc295112 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+22.1.2 (2022-05-31)
+===================
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+- Revert `#10979 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/10979>`_ since it introduced a regression in certain edge cases. (`#10979 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/10979>`_)
+- Fix an incorrect assertion in the logging logic, that prevented the upgrade prompt from being presented. (`#11136 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11136>`_)
+
+
 22.1.1 (2022-05-20)
 ===================
 
diff --git a/news/10979.bugfix.rst b/news/10979.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 5088bc2b99a6c5a6e77ad9debcb89dcf31eba4bb..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/news/10979.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Revert `#10979 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/10979>`_ since it introduced a regression in certain edge cases.
diff --git a/news/11136.bugfix.rst b/news/11136.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 817c33802fc694c448518646afc477e99e98496c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/news/11136.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix an incorrect assertion in the logging logic, that prevented the upgrade prompt from being presented.
diff --git a/src/pip/__init__.py b/src/pip/__init__.py
index 3ff15c9afc4b92f5627e21fd6df968eaa3994b15..bd049b3a02643848783b824c4bdba8811b9482ae 100644
--- a/src/pip/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pip/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import List, Optional
 
-__version__ = "22.1.1"
+__version__ = "22.1.2"
 
 
 def main(args: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> int: