diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 99da9e8..afeaf30 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Overview of changes in lightdm-webkit2-greeter 2.2.1
+
+    * Increased the timeout for the "theme loaded" check to ensure themes are given
+      enough time to load (when running on less powerful systems). (GH #98)
+    * Fixed issue where users' custom .face image failed to load. (GH #98)
+
 Overview of changes in lightdm-webkit2-greeter 2.2
 
     * Fixed issue where the ugly default X cursor was shown briefly after the greeter exits.
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8495f39..0615d57 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('lightdm-webkit2-greeter', 'c', version: '2.1.90', license: 'GPL-3')
+project('lightdm-webkit2-greeter', 'c', version: '2.2.1', license: 'GPL-3')
 
 
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