diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index eb8506069..489b06fd9 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Next release
 
+## 0.22.0
+
 * Add support for `dependencies` parameter:
     * A parameter in *path operation decorators*, for dependencies that should be executed but the return value is not important or not used in the *path operation function*.
     * A parameter in the `.include_router()` method of FastAPI applications and routers, to include dependencies that should be executed in each *path operation* in a router.
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index 8ee9d8cf3..d27352161 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.21.0"
+__version__ = "0.22.0"
 
 from starlette.background import BackgroundTasks