From d704458b31aac3f4a4a1e3a8617cd0b3444d079e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 10:27:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Post-release version bump to 12.2.0

Signed-off-by: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar@redhat.com>
---
 NEWS.rst    | 14 ++++++++++++++
 meson.build |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 49f5d65914..59e209ec73 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ the changes introduced by each of them.
 For a more fine-grained view, use the `git log`_.
 
 
+v12.2.0 (unreleased)
+====================
+
+* **Security**
+
+* **Removed features**
+
+* **New features**
+
+* **Improvements**
+
+* **Bug fixes**
+
+
 v12.1.0 (2026-03-02)
 ====================
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b30e9136a2..57a87b9a78 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project(
   'libvirt', 'c',
-  version: '12.1.0',
+  version: '12.2.0',
   license: 'LGPLv2+',
   meson_version: '>= 0.57.0',
   default_options: [