diff --git a/Changelog.txt b/Changelog.txt
index fcfedf07be..393621e1c9 100644
--- a/Changelog.txt
+++ b/Changelog.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # - title by author
 # }}}
 
-{{{ 5.22.0 2021-06-25
+{{{ 5.22.1 2021-06-25
 
 :: new features
 
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
 
 - Conversion: Fix the smarten punctuation option not applying to inserted jacket page
 
+- 5.22.1 fixes a typo in the previous release that broke device detection on Linux
+
 :: improved recipes
 - TheAtlantic.com
 - Hindu
diff --git a/src/calibre/constants.py b/src/calibre/constants.py
index 3f0d8e8c33..925fa1ec71 100644
--- a/src/calibre/constants.py
+++ b/src/calibre/constants.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from polyglot.builtins import map, unicode_type, environ_item, hasenv, getenv
 import sys, locale, codecs, os, collections, collections.abc
 
 __appname__   = 'calibre'
-numeric_version = (5, 22, 0)
+numeric_version = (5, 22, 1)
 __version__   = '.'.join(map(unicode_type, numeric_version))
 git_version   = None
 __author__    = "Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>"