diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 489a0dac7..f8e11ef0e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## Unreleased
+
+## [0.22.0-rc0]
 ### Added
 - Target observer now allows a docker target, identified by name.
 - Lading experiment duration may be set to (effectively) infinite via `--experiment-duration-infinite`.
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5370536e5..2e4a5fd9e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1391,7 +1391,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lading"
-version = "0.21.1"
+version = "0.22.0-rc0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-pidfd",
  "average",
diff --git a/lading/Cargo.toml b/lading/Cargo.toml
index 2d386e572..d9fed576f 100644
--- a/lading/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lading/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lading"
-version = "0.21.1"
+version = "0.22.0-rc0"
 authors = [
     "Brian L. Troutwine <brian.troutwine@datadoghq.com>",
     "George Hahn <george.hahn@datadoghq.com>",