diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e1d5446863290b0dab39ee4eb6e121031a62a1d1..aa3b8b3ebf1bc27b300b0e2abda6d4c0665a2352 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,26 @@
 News
 ====
 
+Version 2.2.0 rc1
+-----------------
+
+*(Released Mon, 23 Aug 2010)*
+
+- Support DRBD versions of the format "a.b.c.d"
+- Updated manpages
+- Re-introduce support for usage from multiple threads in RAPI client
+- Instance renames and modify via RAPI
+- Work around race condition between processing and archival in job
+  queue
+- Mark opcodes following failed one as failed, too
+- Job field ``lock_status`` was removed due to difficulties making it
+  work with the changed job queue in Ganeti 2.2; a better way to monitor
+  locks is expected for a later 2.2.x release
+- Fixed dry-run behaviour with many commands
+- Support ``ssh-agent`` again when adding nodes
+- Many additional bugfixes
+
+
 Version 2.2.0 rc0
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 541f794aa0e9d7dc929a8e957250f6308f5fcab8..d0f3a82c748b4a7b9837ff8c49099cf2d42e95db 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 m4_define([gnt_version_major], [2])
 m4_define([gnt_version_minor], [2])
 m4_define([gnt_version_revision], [0])
-m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [~rc0])
+m4_define([gnt_version_suffix], [~rc1])
 m4_define([gnt_version_full],
           m4_format([%d.%d.%d%s],
                     gnt_version_major, gnt_version_minor,