diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 896dca4c..0df8facf 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Release History
 ---------------
 
-2.3.0 (YYYY-MM-DD)
+X.X.X (YYYY-MM-DD)
 ++++++++++++++++++
 
 **API Changes**
diff --git a/requests/__init__.py b/requests/__init__.py
index bba19002..2e9f3a0b 100644
--- a/requests/__init__.py
+++ b/requests/__init__.py
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ is at <http://python-requests.org>.
 """
 
 __title__ = 'requests'
-__version__ = '2.3.0'
-__build__ = 0x020300
+__version__ = '2.2.1'
+__build__ = 0x020201
 __author__ = 'Kenneth Reitz'
 __license__ = 'Apache 2.0'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2014 Kenneth Reitz'