diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a5ef298..c3d6fdad 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules")
 ################# set KDE specific information #################
 
 set(KDE_VERSION_MAJOR 4)
-set(KDE_VERSION_MINOR 21)
+set(KDE_VERSION_MINOR 22)
 set(KDE_VERSION_RELEASE 0)
 set(KDE_VERSION "${KDE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${KDE_VERSION_MINOR}.${KDE_VERSION_RELEASE}")
 set(KDE_VERSION_STRING "${KDE_VERSION}")
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index cecd0261..5d07e44e 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version: 4.21.0-{branch}-{build}
+version: 4.22.0-{branch}-{build}
 image: Ubuntu2004
 clone_depth: 1
 cache:
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake
index 40671e3b..08e59978 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@
 #
 #  This module allows to depend on a particular minimum version of kdelibs.
 #  To acomplish that one should use the appropriate cmake syntax for
-#  find_package. For example to depend on kdelibs >= 4.21.0 one should use
+#  find_package. For example to depend on kdelibs >= 4.22.0 one should use
 #
-#  find_package(KDE4 4.21.0 REQUIRED)
+#  find_package(KDE4 4.22.0 REQUIRED)
 #
 #  In earlier versions of KDE you could use the variable KDE_MIN_VERSION to
 #  have such a dependency. This variable is deprecated with KDE 4.2.0, but
@@ -453,13 +453,13 @@ macro(KDE4_PRINT_RESULTS)
     # inside kdelibs the include dir and lib dir are internal, not "found"
     if(NOT _kdeBootStrapping)
         if(KDE4_INCLUDE_DIR)
-            message(STATUS "Found KDE 4.21 include dir: ${KDE4_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+            message(STATUS "Found KDE 4.22 include dir: ${KDE4_INCLUDE_DIR}")
         else()
             message(STATUS "ERROR: unable to find the KDE 4 headers")
         endif()
 
         if(KDE4_LIB_DIR)
-            message(STATUS "Found KDE 4.21 library dir: ${KDE4_LIB_DIR}")
+            message(STATUS "Found KDE 4.22 library dir: ${KDE4_LIB_DIR}")
         else()
             message(STATUS "ERROR: unable to find the KDE 4 core library")
         endif()
diff --git a/cmake/modules/KDE4Defaults.cmake b/cmake/modules/KDE4Defaults.cmake
index ea323dec..d05685ec 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/KDE4Defaults.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/KDE4Defaults.cmake
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET "hidden")
 # define the generic version of the libraries here, this makes it easy to
 # advance it when the next KDE release comes. Use this version number for
 # libraries
-set(GENERIC_LIB_VERSION "4.21")
+set(GENERIC_LIB_VERSION "4.22")
 set(GENERIC_LIB_SOVERSION "4")