diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4b48d02ccd..a8e28712e6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [dev] - XXX. XX, XXXX
+
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+
+### Fixed
+
+### Maintenance
+
 ## [0.21.0] - Oct. 03, 2025
 
 This release features the addition of new function `tensor.isin`, indexing of `tensor.usm_ndarray` with `numpy.ndarray`, and support for building `dpctl` for specific CUDA architectures.
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 475b6f96e5..0dabdc4a4c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.21...3.27 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 project(dpctl
-    VERSION 0.18
+    VERSION 0.22
     LANGUAGES CXX
     DESCRIPTION "Python interface for XPU programming"
 )