From c5ddf2b1b4796526f57b3252efa1ac0737aa89fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin Florentine <justin+github@florentine.us>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:49:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] snapshot version (#4290)

* snapshot version
* required release headline in changelog

Signed-off-by: Justin Florentine <justin+github@florentine.us>
---
 CHANGELOG.md      | 3 ++-
 gradle.properties | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 98ae3516e07..590190d5354 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 22.7.1
+## 22.7.1   
+### Merge Ready Release. Required update for The Merge on ethereum mainnet!
 
 ### Additions and Improvements
 - Introduce a cap to reputation score increase [#4230](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/4230)
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 538911ba47a..1fa78b2c536 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version=22.7.1-SNAPSHOT
+version=22.7.1
 
 org.gradle.welcome=never
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1g
\ No newline at end of file