diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.22.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.22.0.txt
index cdfdabe7d96a8b603ed3b0626ea5c04f06dabcec..84e1ba61069d6ecb6dd0fc81d5f3b2f6ea0d1f1b 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.22.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.22.0.txt
@@ -586,3 +586,5 @@ Fixes since v2.21
    (merge 397a46db78 js/t5580-unc-alternate-test later to maint).
    (merge d4907720a2 cm/notes-comment-fix later to maint).
    (merge 9dde06de13 cb/http-push-null-in-message-fix later to maint).
+   (merge 4c785c0edc js/rebase-config-bitfix later to maint).
+   (merge 8e9fe16c87 es/doc-gitsubmodules-markup later to maint).
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 777a79e2b997174e4f8843d10a25e8b6c211b77d..7a228b2a9c2650852e17b68a780836d68417e724 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v2.22.0-rc1
+DEF_VER=v2.22.0-rc2
 
 LF='
 '