diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 99a0f9752..4e407756e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
-## 1.22.0-rc.0 / 2025-03-05
+## 1.22.0 / 2025-04-07
 
 :warning: This release contains potential breaking change if you use experimental `zstd` support introduce in #1496 :warning:
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6668549e1..57807d6d0 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.22.0-rc.0
+1.22.0