diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 86c354b70b..8634e36570 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+### 2.2.0 (Next)
+
+#### Features
+
+* Your contribution here.
+
+#### Fixes
+
+* Your contribution here.
+
 ### 2.1.1 (2024-06-22)
 
 #### Features
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0267ee31bb..dd156e2c95 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -157,8 +157,9 @@ Grape is a REST-like API framework for Ruby. It's designed to run on Rack or com
 
 ## Stable Release
 
-You're reading the documentation for the stable release of Grape, **2.1.1**.
+You're reading the documentation for the next release of Grape, which should be 2.2.0.
 Please read [UPGRADING](UPGRADING.md) when upgrading from a previous version.
+The current stable release is [2.1.1](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape/blob/v2.1.1/README.md).
 
 ## Project Resources
 
diff --git a/lib/grape/version.rb b/lib/grape/version.rb
index 832f8ad6d0..5083e38bd9 100644
--- a/lib/grape/version.rb
+++ b/lib/grape/version.rb
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 module Grape
   # The current version of Grape.
-  VERSION = '2.1.1'
+  VERSION = '2.2.0'
 end