diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 26d45e0248..5ead9af824 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2.2.1rc5 to 2.2.1:
+  - Final stable tag
+
 2.2.1rc4 to 2.2.1rc5:
   - Updadte dmwm-base image to pypi-20230525, fixing process_exporter 
 
diff --git a/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py b/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
index 28a08486d8..cb5fa8e3c8 100644
--- a/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
+++ b/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = '2.2.1rc5'
+__version__ = '2.2.1'
 __all__ = []