diff --git a/docs/iris/src/_templates/index.html b/docs/iris/src/_templates/index.html
index 0c4b5d958f..31acded447 100644
--- a/docs/iris/src/_templates/index.html
+++ b/docs/iris/src/_templates/index.html
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
         <span class="linkdescr">extra information on specific technical issues</span></p>
     </li>
     <li>
-        <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="whatsnew/2.1.html">What's new in Iris 2.1?</a><br/>
+        <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="whatsnew/2.2.html">What's new in Iris 2.2?</a><br/>
         <span class="linkdescr">recent changes in Iris's capabilities</span></p>
     </li>
 	</ul>
diff --git a/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/index.rst b/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/index.rst
index 104c5074ca..c3a34303f0 100644
--- a/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/index.rst
+++ b/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/index.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Iris versions.
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   2.2.rst
    2.1.rst
    2.0.rst
    1.13.rst
diff --git a/lib/iris/__init__.py b/lib/iris/__init__.py
index 2e7eba5892..882b52aaea 100644
--- a/lib/iris/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/iris/__init__.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def callback(cube, field, filename):
 
 
 # Iris revision.
-__version__ = '2.2.0dev0'
+__version__ = '2.2.0a0'
 
 # Restrict the names imported when using "from iris import *"
 __all__ = ['load', 'load_cube', 'load_cubes', 'load_raw',