diff --git a/doc/software-manual.pdf b/doc/software-manual.pdf
index d3dd5cb00c4c4174244191a4a854181081ca3955..e0ef95c1eb1cc354260ab7697b43ec4c9d49b55e 100644
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diff --git a/doc/software-manual.tex b/doc/software-manual.tex
index 4ece6d0d2d5d6256509dcabae0d25e019a32cc80..ad2a749ad027fcea5873c015bfe5d9d02cf4fbf1 100644
--- a/doc/software-manual.tex
+++ b/doc/software-manual.tex
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ fontsize=\footnotesize}
 \maketitle
 \begin{abstract}
 This document is a user manual describing usage of the VTM reference software
-for the VVC project. It applies to version 12.1 of the software.
+for the VVC project. It applies to version 12.2 of the software.
 \end{abstract}
 
 \tableofcontents
diff --git a/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h b/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
index 825609bf5343d50f15cec665eb5a6e7519606174..0d154d1f1ae77390b919c4fd44e65fc63a133677 100644
--- a/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
+++ b/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #if ! defined( VTM_VERSION )
-#define VTM_VERSION "12.1"
+#define VTM_VERSION "12.2"
 #endif