diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.22.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.22.1.txt
index 76dd8fb..432762f 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.22.1.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.22.1.txt
@@ -143,5 +143,8 @@
    coding guidelines document did not talk about them and instead had
    a blanket ban against them.
 
+ * The internal diff machinery can be made to read out of bounds while
+   looking for --funcion-context line in a corner case, which has been
+   corrected.
 
 Also contains various documentation updates, code clean-ups and minor fixups.
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 67f86b3..ac51bac 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v2.22.0
+DEF_VER=v2.22.1
 
 LF='
 '