diff --git a/pytools/version.py b/pytools/version.py
index 5b5628ec986be09c16799b91c4dd16231aa7b5af..fb2006e24cd2a7c120f8e7793acade15df35993e 100644
--- a/pytools/version.py
+++ b/pytools/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-VERSION = (2021, 2, 9)
+VERSION = (2022, 1)
 VERSION_STATUS = ""
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS