diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e3564459b4..ceb0fb9b4a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # Preamble ####################################################################
 #
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18.0)
-project(HiPACE VERSION 22.11)
+project(HiPACE VERSION 22.12)
 
 # helper functions
 include(${HiPACE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/HiPACEFunctions.cmake)
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index bfb1802469..60a8946757 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 project = 'HiPACE++'
 copyright = '2021, Severin Diederichs, Axel Huebl, Remi Lehe, Andrew Myers, Alexander Sinn, Maxence Thevenet, Weiqun Zhang'
 author = 'Severin Diederichs, Axel Huebl, Remi Lehe, Andrew Myers, Alexander Sinn, Maxence Thevenet, Weiqun Zhang'
-version = u'22.11'
-release = u'22.11'
+version = u'22.12'
+release = u'22.12'
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/license.txt b/license.txt
index 56a524976c..67bdb3558c 100644
--- a/license.txt
+++ b/license.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HiPACE++ v22.11 Copyright (c) 2021-2022, The Regents of the University of California,
+HiPACE++ v22.12 Copyright (c) 2021-2022, The Regents of the University of California,
 through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (subject to receipt of
 any required approvals from the U.S. Dept. of Energy) and Deutsches
 Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY). All rights reserved.