diff --git a/Doc/changelog.docu b/Doc/changelog.docu
index 59957027..b72bfd76 100644
--- a/Doc/changelog.docu
+++ b/Doc/changelog.docu
@@ -8,7 +8,18 @@
 <!-- --------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
 
 
-<tr valign=top><td><b>2.1.2</b> (?/?/?,Rev.545)</td><td>
+<tr valign=top><td><b>2.2</b> (?/?/?,Rev.553)</td><td>
+
+<b>Core</b>
+<ul>
+<li>Simplified iterators and made them integrate better with the STL. Specifically, value_type has changed from {Vertex,Edge,...} to {Vertex,Edge,...}Handle so that dereferenced iterators can actually be put to use, now.</li>
+<li>Consolidated iterator code. Functionally equivalent but way cleaner than before.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<b>General</b>
+<ul>
+<li>Xcode 4.3 compatibility (Fixed issues that caused build errors with XCode 4.3)</li>
+</ul>
 
 </tr>
 
@@ -17,7 +28,7 @@
 
 <b>Tools</b>
 <ul>
-<li>Fixed wrong INCLUDE_TEMPLATE include definition headers for NormalCone, and some decimater modules-</li>
+<li>Fixed wrong INCLUDE_TEMPLATE include definition headers for NormalCone, and some decimater modules.</li>
 </ul>
 
 <b>Unittests</b>
diff --git a/README b/README
index 466922c7..a08c8764 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-OpenMesh, 2-1-2
+OpenMesh, 2-2-0
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 0. Licence
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 3083fb27..6012e40f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-VERSION=2.1.2
+VERSION=2.2
 MAJOR=2
-MINOR=1
-PATCH=2
+MINOR=2
+PATCH=0
 ID=OPENMESH