diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2d55081..aeb521a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with Autoconf to produce configure dnl
 
-AC_INIT([stow], [2.2.0], [bug-stow@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([stow], [2.2.1], [bug-stow@gnu.org])
 AC_PREREQ([2.61])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([automake])
 # Unfortunately we have to disable warnings for overrides, because we