diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 230d914a..f604dfcf 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Webrecorder pywb 2.1
+Webrecorder pywb 2.2
 ====================
 
 .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/webrecorder/pywb.svg?branch=master
diff --git a/update-version.sh b/update-version.sh
index ec8f1087..8a9b7063 100755
--- a/update-version.sh
+++ b/update-version.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 BASE=2.2
+
 NOW=$(date +%Y%m%d)
-sed -i='' -E  "s/(__version__ = ').*$/\1$BASE.$NOW'/" ./pywb/version.py 
-git tag v-$BASE.$NOW
-git commit -m "version: update to $BASE.$NOW" ./pywb/version.py
+
+TAG="$BASE.$NOW"
+
+# Update
+sed -i='' -E  "s/(__version__ = ').*$/\1$TAG'/" ./pywb/version.py 
+git commit -m "version: update to $TAG" ./pywb/version.py
 git push
-git push origin v-$BASE.$NOW
+
+# Tag
+git tag v-$TAG
+git push origin v-$TAG