diff --git a/.semaphore/semaphore.yml b/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
index 8af323af4..65f786d39 100644
--- a/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
+++ b/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ agent:
 global_job_config:
   env_vars:
     - name: LIBRDKAFKA_VERSION
-      value: v2.2.0-RC2
+      value: v2.2.0
   prologue:
     commands:
       - checkout
diff --git a/examples/docker/Dockerfile.alpine b/examples/docker/Dockerfile.alpine
index 29e96f73d..13361a0ce 100644
--- a/examples/docker/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/examples/docker/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ FROM alpine:3.12
 
 COPY . /usr/src/confluent-kafka-python
 
-ENV LIBRDKAFKA_VERSION v2.2.0-RC2
+ENV LIBRDKAFKA_VERSION v2.2.0
 ENV KAFKACAT_VERSION master
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8ed69cfbc..c5d3e1c27 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def get_install_requirements(path):
 setup(name='confluent-kafka',
       # Make sure to bump CFL_VERSION* in confluent_kafka/src/confluent_kafka.h
       # and version in docs/conf.py.
-      version='2.2.0rc2',
+      version='2.2.0',
       description='Confluent\'s Python client for Apache Kafka',
       author='Confluent Inc',
       author_email='support@confluent.io',
diff --git a/src/confluent_kafka/src/confluent_kafka.h b/src/confluent_kafka/src/confluent_kafka.h
index 668e51cfe..7942a3663 100644
--- a/src/confluent_kafka/src/confluent_kafka.h
+++ b/src/confluent_kafka/src/confluent_kafka.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
  *  MM=major, mm=minor, RR=revision, PP=patchlevel (not used)
  */
 #define CFL_VERSION     0x02020000
-#define CFL_VERSION_STR "2.2.0rc2"
+#define CFL_VERSION_STR "2.2.0"
 
 /**
  * Minimum required librdkafka version. This is checked both during