diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index dd2d8a421..61af71053 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ lazy val commonDependencies = Seq(
 lazy val buildSettings = Seq(
   organization := "com.snowplowanalytics",
   name := "snowplow-stream-collector",
-  version := "2.2.0",
+  version := "2.2.1-rc1",
   description := "Scala Stream Collector for Snowplow raw events",
   scalaVersion := "2.12.10",
   javacOptions := Seq("-source", "11", "-target", "11"),