diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 6d24ac6d..3bf3e5d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ Fixed
 Security
 ========
 
+[2022.2rc1] - "kiko" - 2022-07-11
+*********************************
+
+Removed
+=======
+
+- Removed deprecating ``tests_require`` and ``setup_requires``, bootstrapped tests dependencies directly on requirements/dev.txt with ``tox`` and ``pytest``
 
 [2022.1] - "jovelina" - 2022-01-21
 **********************************
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 1a1face1..0df51c8f 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Quick Start
 Installing
 ==========
 
-In order to use this software please install python3.6 or greater into your
+In order to use this software please install python3.9 into your
 environment beforehand.
 
 We are doing a huge effort to make Kytos and its components available on all
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 06dcf981..19236edc 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = u'2022.1'
+version = u'2022.2rc1'
 show_version = False
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u'2022.1'
+release = u'2022.2rc1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/pyof/__init__.py b/pyof/__init__.py
index fe5e6450..fd450a08 100644
--- a/pyof/__init__.py
+++ b/pyof/__init__.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 This package is a library that parses and creates OpenFlow Messages.
 It contains all implemented versions of OpenFlow protocol
 """
-__version__ = '2022.1'
+__version__ = '2022.2rc1'