diff --git a/TAG b/TAG
index a1bba89215a..aec27543aa4 100644
--- a/TAG
+++ b/TAG
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.2.0-rc1
+2.2.0-rc2
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 77f0041e81a..61330f56950 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+daos (2.2.0-3) unstable; urgency=medium
+  [ Johann Lombardi ]
+  * Second release candidate for 2.2.0
+
+ -- Johann Lombardi <johann.lombardi@intel.com>  Tue, 4 Oct 2022 12:00:00 -0100
+
 daos (2.2.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
   [ Joseph Moore ]
   * Pin Mercury version to 2.2.0-1.
diff --git a/utils/rpms/daos.spec b/utils/rpms/daos.spec
index 3db423266b2..c5f5799ac20 100644
--- a/utils/rpms/daos.spec
+++ b/utils/rpms/daos.spec
@@ -571,6 +571,9 @@ getent passwd daos_agent >/dev/null || useradd -s /sbin/nologin -r -g daos_agent
 # No files in a shim package
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 4 2022 Johann Lombardi <johann.lombardi@intel.com> 2.2.0-3
+- Second release candidate for 2.2.0.
+
 * Tue Sep 20 2022 Joseph Moore <joseph.moore@intel.com> 2.2.0-2
 - Pin Mercury version to 2.2.0-1.