diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index bf71a1d8..0f9f60de 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+
+towncrier 22.22.0 (2022-12-21)
+=============================
+
+No changes since the previous release candidate.
+
+
 towncrier 22.12.0rc1 (2022-12-20)
 ==================================
 
diff --git a/src/towncrier/_version.py b/src/towncrier/_version.py
index 3fdd387c..dd96d375 100644
--- a/src/towncrier/_version.py
+++ b/src/towncrier/_version.py
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 from incremental import Version
 
 
-__version__ = Version("towncrier", 22, 12, 0, release_candidate=1)
+__version__ = Version("towncrier", 22, 12, 0)
 __all__ = ["__version__"]