pypa · pradyunsg · May 11, 2022 · May 11, 2022 · May 11, 2022 · May 11, 2022
diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.txt
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ Masklinn
 Matej Stuchlik
 Mathew Jennings
 Mathieu Bridon
+Mathieu Kniewallner
 Matt Bacchi
 Matt Good
 Matt Maker

diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,25 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+22.1 (2022-05-11)
+=================
+
+Process
+-------
+
+- Enable the ``importlib.metadata`` metadata implementation by default on
+  Python 3.11 (or later). The environment variable ``_PIP_USE_IMPORTLIB_METADATA``
+  can still be used to enable the implementation on 3.10 and earlier, or disable
+  it on 3.11 (by setting it to ``0`` or ``false``).
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+- Revert `#9243 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/9243>`_ since it introduced a regression in certain edge cases. (`#10962 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/10962>`_)
+- Fix missing ``REQUESTED`` metadata when using URL constraints. (`#11079 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11079>`_)
+- ``pip config`` now normalizes names by converting underscores into dashes. (`#9330 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/9330>`_)
+
+
 22.1b1 (2022-04-30)
 ===================
 

diff --git a/news/10962.bugfix.rst b/news/10962.bugfix.rst
diff --git a/news/11044.process.rst b/news/11044.process.rst
diff --git a/news/11079.bugfix.rst b/news/11079.bugfix.rst
diff --git a/news/9330.bugfix.rst b/news/9330.bugfix.rst
diff --git a/src/pip/__init__.py b/src/pip/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import List, Optional
 
-__version__ = "22.1.dev1"
+__version__ = "22.2.dev0"
 
 
 def main(args: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> int: