diff --git a/votca-2022-rc.2.tar.gz b/votca-2022-rc.2.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index c1c73e9..0000000
--- a/votca-2022-rc.2.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:94a81c397b5ce2cb32171e87ccef5f68352cbffd8d6ee8d41b7fff4028ede497
-size 61692061
diff --git a/votca-2022.tar.gz b/votca-2022.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b73f376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/votca-2022.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:eac5e34bd6304780ddb82edcd805c4ea7ac3f13224e61a339f7836e06c3fabaa
+size 61688862
diff --git a/votca.changes b/votca.changes
index b54c78f..ba51f59 100644
--- a/votca.changes
+++ b/votca.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jan 16 01:10:58 UTC 2022 - Christoph Junghans <junghans@votca.org>
+
+- Update to 2022
+  - fix some icpc warnings ([gh#votca/votca#934])
+  - only check for pytest if testing is enabled
+    ([gh#votca/votca#930])
+  - exclude some builds from CI ([gh#votca/votca#940],
+    [gh#votca/votca#942], [gh#votca/votca#944],
+    [gh#votca/votca#945])
+  - update interface documentation ([gh#votca/votca#939])
+  - update install guide for binary packages
+    ([gh#votca/votca#936])
+  - fixed sigma plot options passing ([gh#votca/votca#943]) 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Dec 19 22:37:10 UTC 2021 - Christoph Junghans <junghans@votca.org>
 
@@ -6,7 +21,7 @@ Sun Dec 19 22:37:10 UTC 2021 - Christoph Junghans <junghans@votca.org>
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec 16 03:53:04 UTC 2021 - Christoph Junghans <junghans@votca.org>
 
-- Update to 2020-rc.2
+- Update to 2022-rc.2
   - fix iqm merge orbitals command ([gh#votca/votca#907])
   - fix bug in basisset serialization that caused wrong Vxc values
     in GW ([gh#votca/votca#910])
diff --git a/votca.spec b/votca.spec
index 4f6385c..1cda1a0 100644
--- a/votca.spec
+++ b/votca.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #
 # spec file for package votca
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
-# Copyright (c) 2021 Christoph Junghans
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Christoph Junghans
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
+
 Name:           votca
-Version:        2022~rc2
+Version:        2022
 Release:        0
-%define         uversion 2022-rc.2
+%define         uversion %{version}
 %define         sover 2022
 Summary:        Versatile Object-oriented Toolkit for Coarse-graining Applications
 License:        Apache-2.0
@@ -70,7 +71,6 @@ Provides:       votca-csg-apps = %version-%release
 Obsoletes:      votca-xtp <= 2022~rc1
 Provides:       votca-xtp = %version-%release
 
-
 %global with_xtp 1
 # libint2 used by xtp is broken on 32-bit archs
 # https://github.com/evaleev/libint/issues/196
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ in disordered semiconductors.
 %package -n libvotca%sover
 Summary:        VOTCA tools library
 Group:          System/Libraries
-Obsoletes:  libvotca_tools2022 <= 2022~rc1
-Provides:   libvotca_tools2022 = %version-%release
-Obsoletes:  libvotca_csg2022 <= 2022~rc1
-Provides:   libvotca_csg2022 = %version-%release
-Obsoletes:  libvotca_xtp2022 <= 2022~rc1
-Provides:   libvotca_xtp2022 = %version-%release
+Obsoletes:      libvotca_tools2022 <= 2022~rc1
+Provides:       libvotca_tools2022 = %version-%release
+Obsoletes:      libvotca_csg2022 <= 2022~rc1
+Provides:       libvotca_csg2022 = %version-%release
+Obsoletes:      libvotca_xtp2022 <= 2022~rc1
+Provides:       libvotca_xtp2022 = %version-%release
 
 %description -n libvotca%sover
 %{votca_desc}
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ sed -i '1s@env @@' %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/votca_{compare,help2doc} \
 sed -i '1s@env @@' %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/xtp_* %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/votca/xtp/benchmark/xtp_benchmark
 %endif
 
-
 # Move bash completion file to correct location
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/bash_completion.d
 cp %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/votca/rc/csg-completion.bash %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/bash_completion.d/votca