diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3dd6fdf62..e49cb504f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ doc/src/sphinx/_build
 .DS_Store
 /doc/src/sphinx/_build
 **/.c9/*
+*~
diff --git a/citation.cff b/citation.cff
index e0affaf67..5a092f829 100644
--- a/citation.cff
+++ b/citation.cff
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ message: If you use this software, please cite it using these metadata.
 title: "Clowder: Open Source Data Management for Long Tail Data"
 abstract: "A customizable and scalable data management system you can install in the cloud or on your own hardware."
 type: software
-version: "1.21.0"
+version: "1.22.0"
 license: "NCSA"
 repository-code: "https://github.com/clowder-framework/clowder"
 keywords:
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index 349b1c28a..7cbc0cf95 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 VERSION="1.22.0"
 
 sed -i~ "s#^  val version = \".*\"\$#  val version = \"${VERSION}\"#" project/Build.scala
+sed -i~ "s#^version: .*\$#version: \"${VERSION}\"#" citation.cff
 sed -i~ "s#^  version: .*\$#  version: ${VERSION}#" public/swagger.yml
 sed -i~ "s#^release = '.*'\$#release = '${VERSION}'#" doc/src/sphinx/conf.py
 sed -i~ "s/^##.*unreleased.*$/## ${VERSION} - $(date +'%Y-%m-%d')/i" CHANGELOG.md