diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4a8424000..b13bdeb33 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ endif()
 project(emulationstation-de)
 
 # Application version, update this when making a new release.
-set(ES_VERSION 2.2.0)
+set(ES_VERSION 2.2.1)
 
 # Set this to ON to show verbose compiler output (e.g. compiler flags, include directories etc.)
 set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE OFF CACHE BOOL "Show verbose compiler output" FORCE)
diff --git a/es-app/assets/EmulationStation-DE_Info.plist b/es-app/assets/EmulationStation-DE_Info.plist
index 6b77c6f1c..ffcd40a02 100644
--- a/es-app/assets/EmulationStation-DE_Info.plist
+++ b/es-app/assets/EmulationStation-DE_Info.plist
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
     <string>EmulationStation</string>
     <key>CFBundleGetInfoString</key>
-    <string>EmulationStation Desktop Edition 2.2.0</string>
+    <string>EmulationStation Desktop Edition 2.2.1</string>
     <key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
     <string>EmulationStation-DE.icns</string>
     <key>CFBundleName</key>
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
     <key>CFBundleSignature</key>
     <string>ESDE</string>
     <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-    <string>2.2.0</string>
+    <string>2.2.1</string>
     <key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-    <string>2.2.0</string>
+    <string>2.2.1</string>
     <key>CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion</key>
     <string>6.0</string>
     <key>LSApplicationCategoryType</key>
diff --git a/es-app/assets/Windows_Portable_README.txt b/es-app/assets/Windows_Portable_README.txt
index 9ffa9fc56..f295a7f0c 100644
--- a/es-app/assets/Windows_Portable_README.txt
+++ b/es-app/assets/Windows_Portable_README.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ EmulationStation Desktop Edition (ES-DE) - Portable installation on Windows
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 ES-DE release:
-2.2.0
+2.2.1
 
 The latest version can be downloaded from https://es-de.org
 Please also consider donating to the project, links for that can be found on the ES-DE website just mentioned.
diff --git a/es-app/assets/emulationstation.6.gz b/es-app/assets/emulationstation.6.gz
index bfe8d8cf1..f86bcabbb 100644
Binary files a/es-app/assets/emulationstation.6.gz and b/es-app/assets/emulationstation.6.gz differ
diff --git a/es-app/src/EmulationStation.h b/es-app/src/EmulationStation.h
index e38827795..1333dc3f6 100644
--- a/es-app/src/EmulationStation.h
+++ b/es-app/src/EmulationStation.h
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
 // clang-format off
 #define PROGRAM_VERSION_MAJOR        2
 #define PROGRAM_VERSION_MINOR        2
-#define PROGRAM_VERSION_MAINTENANCE  0
-#define PROGRAM_RELEASE_NUMBER       39
+#define PROGRAM_VERSION_MAINTENANCE  1
+#define PROGRAM_RELEASE_NUMBER       40
 // clang-format on
-#define PROGRAM_VERSION_STRING "2.2.0"
+#define PROGRAM_VERSION_STRING "2.2.1"
 
 #define PROGRAM_BUILT_STRING __DATE__ " - " __TIME__
 
-#define RESOURCE_VERSION_STRING "2,2,0\0"
+#define RESOURCE_VERSION_STRING "2,2,1\0"
 #define RESOURCE_VERSION PROGRAM_VERSION_MAJOR, PROGRAM_VERSION_MINOR, PROGRAM_VERSION_MAINTENANCE
 
 #endif // ES_APP_EMULATION_STATION_H