diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index de22a2783163be8c55f4749f1cfe6fbd26734027..8d4d74bc57f258a258d07f31c37f4e6129a69add 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.1.0
+current_version = 2.2.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/scrapy/VERSION b/scrapy/VERSION
index 7ec1d6db40877765247db18e7f9a4e36a0def4ad..ccbccc3dc62631f22ff358ac418e52401ec770b4 100644
--- a/scrapy/VERSION
+++ b/scrapy/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.1.0
+2.2.0