diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 54b8f1d1..30994971 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # jpy Changelog
 
+## Version 2.2.0 (in development)
+
 ## Version 2.1.0
 * [#233](https://github.com/jpy-consortium/jpy/pull/233) refactor: simplify Python object cleanup to make it more efficient and avoid accessing Java heap when Java OOM happens
 * [#234](https://github.com/jpy-consortium/jpy/pull/234) Bump docker/bake-action from 7.1.0 to 7.2.
diff --git a/jpyutil.py b/jpyutil.py
index 638b2c02..cf93f590 100644
--- a/jpyutil.py
+++ b/jpyutil.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 __author__ = "Norman Fomferra (Brockmann Consult GmbH) and contributors"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright 2015-2018 Brockmann Consult GmbH and contributors"
 __license__ = "Apache 2.0"
-__version__ = "2.1.0"
+__version__ = "2.2.0.dev0"
 
 
 # Setup a dedicated logger for jpyutil.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 242166f7..afbc5376 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.jpyconsortium</groupId>
     <artifactId>jpy</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.0</version>
+    <version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Java-Python Bridge</name>