diff --git a/META b/META
index 46b11a5750ea7f53504efe8d9e399bbe76e84e41..d51ac49f40b5fa476289ad81034014669185a17c 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   Minor:	2
   Micro:        1
   Version:	2.2.1
-  Release:	1
+  Release:	2
 ##
 #  When changing API_CURRENT update src/common/slurm_protocol_common.h
 #  with a new SLURM_PROTOCOL_VERSION signifing the old one and the version