diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 24e490047e1..ea21e492d14 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cloud (2.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Bumping version number for next CloudStack release
+
+ -- Engineering <info@cloud.com>  Mon, 7 Mar 2011 11:19:34 -0700
+
 cloud (2.1.97) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Bumping version number for next Cloud.com release
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index a36776fe4e5..2339e3e9631 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # the following two variables are used by the target "waf dist"
 # if you change 'em here, you need to change it also in cloud.spec, add a %changelog entry there, and add an entry in debian/changelog
-VERSION = '2.1.97'
+VERSION = '2.2.2'
 APPNAME = 'cloud'
 
 import shutil,os