diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index fd87c66bf..da82aad4c 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Alexis Breust <alexis.breust@imag.fr>
 Jean-Guillaume Dumas <jean-guillaume.dumas@imag.fr>
 Pascal Giorgi <pascal.giorgi@lirmm.fr>
 Gavin Harisson
+Ashley Lesdalons
 Clément Pernet <clement.pernet@imag.fr>
 Ziad Sultan <ziad.sultan@imag.fr>
 Bastien Vialla <bastien.vialla@lirmm.fr>
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4f35a1b01..19f215b1c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2016-07-30 v2.2.2
+	* many bug fixes ensuring a consistent support of clang, gcc-4.8 5.3 6.1
+	icpc on i386 x86_64, ubuntu and fedora, ppcle and osx
+	* new SIMD detection
+	* use pkgconfig
+	* new feature: checkers for Freivalds based verification
+	* improved performance of permutation application
+	* 
 2016-04-08 v2.2.1
 	* many fixes to the build system
 	* more consistent use of flags and dependency to precompiled code
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 439e84dca..82e11b4d9 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ bin_SCRIPTS=fflas-ffpack-config
 git:
 	git commit -a; git pull; git push
 
-VERSION=2.2.2rc0
+VERSION=2.2.2
 
 #  EXTRA_DIST=incremente-versions