diff --git a/votca-2022.1.tar.gz b/votca-2022.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3747e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/votca-2022.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:4710a7552f94789936324d76d2e0830b576de8d3f1c605748e2d20947d018100
+size 61692029
diff --git a/votca-2022.tar.gz b/votca-2022.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index b73f376..0000000
--- a/votca-2022.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:eac5e34bd6304780ddb82edcd805c4ea7ac3f13224e61a339f7836e06c3fabaa
-size 61688862
diff --git a/votca.changes b/votca.changes
index 7fc726b..3cfa9d7 100644
--- a/votca.changes
+++ b/votca.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec 21 22:25:15 UTC 2022 - Christoph Junghans <junghans@votca.org>
+
+- Update to 2022.1
+  - fix PROJECT_VERSION in subdirs ([gh#votca/votca#951])
+  - make csg_resample and csg_stat spacing consistent
+    ([gh#votca/votca#956])
+  - fix build on FreeBSD ([gh#votca/votca#959])
+  - update CI container names ([gh#votca/votca#961])
+  - Fix gw quadrature scheme ([gh#votca/votca#967])
+  - update install guide for spack ([gh#votca/votca#972],
+    [gh#votca/votca#974])
+  - drop gmx-2021 builds from CI ([gh#votca/votca#976])
+  - update syntax for cmake 3.23 ([gh#votca/votca#978])
+  - fix CI build on Ubuntu ([gh#votca/votca#981])
+  - fix CI builds with icpx ([gh#votca/votca#984],
+    [gh#votca/votca#1004])
+  - fix CI builds with ESPResSo 4.2.0 ([gh#votca/votca#993])
+  - fix localization issue ([gh#votca/votca#998],
+    [gh#votca/votca#1000])
+  - update github actions to new versions ([gh#votca/votca#1007],
+    [gh#votca/votca#1013]) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec  7 06:21:38 UTC 2022 - Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de>
 
diff --git a/votca.spec b/votca.spec
index 5372d1f..82dd32a 100644
--- a/votca.spec
+++ b/votca.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package votca
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021-2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 # Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Christoph Junghans
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           votca
-Version:        2022
+Version:        2022.1
 Release:        0
 %define         uversion %{version}
 %define         sover 2022
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkg-config
 BuildRequires:  procps
 BuildRequires:  psmisc
 BuildRequires:  python3-cma
-# only needed for testing 
+# only needed for testing
 %ifarch x86_64
 BuildRequires:  python3-espressomd
 %endif