diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d2c724651..31308f182 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-Release 2.2.2 (in development)
-==============================
-
-Dependencies
-------------
+Release 2.2.2 (released Dec 03, 2019)
+=====================================
 
 Incompatible changes
 --------------------
@@ -10,12 +7,6 @@ Incompatible changes
 * #6803: For security reason of python, parallel mode is disabled on macOS and
   Python3.8+
 
-Deprecated
-----------
-
-Features added
---------------
-
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
 
@@ -24,9 +15,6 @@ Bugs fixed
   has been broken
 * #6803: parallel build causes AttributeError on macOS and Python3.8
 
-Testing
---------
-
 Release 2.2.1 (released Oct 26, 2019)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index 0cbe3ab64..ae75a2b01 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if 'PYTHONWARNINGS' not in os.environ:
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', "'U' mode is deprecated",
                         DeprecationWarning, module='docutils.io')
 
-__version__ = '2.2.2+'
+__version__ = '2.2.2'
 __released__ = '2.2.2'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 
 #: Version info for better programmatic use.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ __released__ = '2.2.2'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 #:
 #: .. versionadded:: 1.2
 #:    Before version 1.2, check the string ``sphinx.__version__``.
-version_info = (2, 2, 2, 'beta', 0)
+version_info = (2, 2, 2, 'final', 0)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))