diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 266dc62f..f56caeba 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 
 set (ZINT_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
 set (ZINT_VERSION_MINOR 2)
-set (ZINT_VERSION_RELEASE 1)
+set (ZINT_VERSION_RELEASE 2)
 set (ZINT_VERSION "${ZINT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${ZINT_VERSION_MINOR}.${ZINT_VERSION_RELEASE}" )
 
 add_definitions (-DZINT_VERSION=\"${ZINT_VERSION}\" -Wall)
diff --git a/backend/Makefile b/backend/Makefile
index 11858db9..87d6ada1 100644
--- a/backend/Makefile
+++ b/backend/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # make clean		cleans up a previous compilation and any object or editor files
 #
 
-ZINT_VERSION:=-DZINT_VERSION=\"2.2.1\"
+ZINT_VERSION:=-DZINT_VERSION=\"2.2.2\"
 
 
 CC := gcc
diff --git a/backend/Makefile.mingw b/backend/Makefile.mingw
index 51a98cf2..c9df5f9e 100644
--- a/backend/Makefile.mingw
+++ b/backend/Makefile.mingw
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # make clean		cleans up a previous compilation and any object or editor files
 #
 
-ZINT_VERSION:=-DZINT_VERSION=\"2.2.1\"
+ZINT_VERSION:=-DZINT_VERSION=\"2.2.2\"
 
 
 CC:= gcc
diff --git a/frontend/Makefile b/frontend/Makefile
index 29d38158..22b327b6 100644
--- a/frontend/Makefile
+++ b/frontend/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # make clean		cleans up a previous compilation and any object or editor files
 #
 
-ZINT_VERSION:=-DZINT_VERSION=\"2.2.1\"
+ZINT_VERSION:=-DZINT_VERSION=\"2.2.2\"
 
 CC := gcc
 INCLUDE := -I/usr/local/include
diff --git a/frontend/Makefile.mingw b/frontend/Makefile.mingw
index 411ab17d..6367a2a8 100644
--- a/frontend/Makefile.mingw
+++ b/frontend/Makefile.mingw
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # make clean		cleans up a previous compilation and any object or editor files
 #
 
-ZINT_VERSION:=-DZINT_VERSION=\"2.2.1\"
+ZINT_VERSION:=-DZINT_VERSION=\"2.2.2\"
 
 CC := gcc
 CFLAGS := -D_WIN32 -O2 -fms-extensions -mms-bitfields -fno-exceptions -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall
diff --git a/frontend_qt4/mainwindow.cpp b/frontend_qt4/mainwindow.cpp
index b01a21fa..429c1fbb 100644
--- a/frontend_qt4/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/frontend_qt4/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -173,14 +173,18 @@ bool MainWindow::save()
 void MainWindow::about()
 {
 	QMessageBox::about(this, tr("About Zint"),
-			   tr("<h2>Zint Barcode Studio 1.0</h2>"
+			   tr("<h2>Zint Barcode Studio 1.0.1</h2>"
 					   "<p>A simple barcode generator"
-					   "<p>Requires libzint 2.2 or greater."
+					   "<p>Requires libzint 2.2.2 or greater."
+					   "<p><font color=\"#ff0000\">WARNING!</font> This release is a work-in-progress and should be considered as \"unstable\". "
+					   "Although most things should work fine it has not yet been thoroughly tested. In particular using "
+					   "input characters outside the 7-bit ASCII set could lead to unpredictable results."
 					   "<p>Visit the <a href=\"http://www.zint.org.uk\">Zint Project Homepage</a> for more information."
 					   "<p>Copyright &copy; 2009 Robin Stuart &amp; Bogdan Vatra.<br>"
 					   "QR Code support by Kentaro Fukuchi.<br>"
-					   "Released under the GNU General Public License ver. 3"
-					   "<p>\"QR Code\" is a Registered Trademark of Denso Corp."
+					   "Released under the GNU General Public License ver. 3 or later"
+					   "<p>\"QR Code\" is a Registered Trademark of Denso Corp.<br>"
+					   "\"Telepen\" is a Registered Trademark of SB Electronics."
 			     ));
 }
 
diff --git a/readme b/readme
index ea561617..72856443 100644
--- a/readme
+++ b/readme
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Zint and libzint 2.2.1
+Zint and libzint 2.2.2
 ----------------------
 Zint is a suite of programs to allow easy encoding of data in any of the wide range of public domain
 barcode standards and to allow integration of this capability into your own programs. This version
@@ -20,18 +20,16 @@ Full documentation is available at project website: http://www.zint.org.uk
 
 PROJECT STATUS
 --------------
-With the release of version 2.2 of this project the status will change to a "maintainance mode".
-This means that for the near future I do not expect to be adding new features and development work
-will consist of fixing bugs when they appear. In the long term the only advances planned are the
-addition of six more public domain barcode standards: Dot Code A, PosiCode, SuperCode, DataStrip,
-Aztec Mesas and Grid Matrix. If you would like to see this process accelerated then please consider
-donating to this project at http://sourceforge.net/project/project_donations.php?group_id=199350
-
-If you would like to see this project expanded in other ways then your suggestions are very
-welcome. Contact details are given below. If you want to expand it yourself there are some
-ideas below and I am very happy to answer questions regarding the code or the barcode standards
-which are supported.
+Contrary to previous thoughts this project is very much active again. This release signifies the
+first step in a complete re-think of the API. If you have written applications which take advantage
+of the Zint API then please make appropriate alterations. Details are given on the news page of the
+project website.
 
+Work is now continuing on making the library more useful for those who want to encode characters
+beyond the ASCII set. Also in the plan is to bring QR Code encoding within the library and thereby
+remove the dependence on libqrencode for this. Once this is achieved then Grid Matrix will be the
+next symbology to be added. By this time I hope to have achived a much more smooth mechanism for
+encoding both Japanese and Chinese character sets.
 
 COMPILING THE CODE
 ------------------