Prep for 2.22.0 release

Author: cowtowncoder

pom.xml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.22.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.22.0</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatypes-misc-parent</artifactId>

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ Modules:
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.23.0 (not yet released)
+
+No changes since 2.22
+
+2.22.0 (31-May-2026)
+
+No changes since 2.21
+
 2.21.4 (28-May-2026)
 2.21.3 (28-Apr-2026)
 2.21.2 (20-Mar-2026)