diff --git a/bfd/Makefile.am b/bfd/Makefile.am
index ea4fd28..8610d5e 100644
--- a/bfd/Makefile.am
+++ b/bfd/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.11 no-dist foreign
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I . -I .. -I ../config
 
 # Uncomment the following line when doing a release.
-RELEASE=y
+# RELEASE=y
 
 INCDIR = $(srcdir)/../include
 CSEARCH = -I. -I$(srcdir) -I$(INCDIR)
diff --git a/bfd/Makefile.in b/bfd/Makefile.in
index 741809c..34196aa 100644
--- a/bfd/Makefile.in
+++ b/bfd/Makefile.in
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.11 no-dist foreign
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I . -I .. -I ../config
 
 # Uncomment the following line when doing a release.
-RELEASE = y
+# RELEASE=y
 INCDIR = $(srcdir)/../include
 CSEARCH = -I. -I$(srcdir) -I$(INCDIR)
 SUBDIRS = doc po
diff --git a/bfd/configure b/bfd/configure
index bc242b9..d31f0d9 100755
--- a/bfd/configure
+++ b/bfd/configure
@@ -3988,7 +3988,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE=bfd
- VERSION=2.22
+ VERSION=2.22.0
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
diff --git a/bfd/configure.in b/bfd/configure.in
index 435aaaa..9ba3000 100644
--- a/bfd/configure.in
+++ b/bfd/configure.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([libbfd.c])
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 AC_ISC_POSIX
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(bfd, 2.22)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(bfd, 2.22.0)
 
 dnl These must be called before LT_INIT, because it may want
 dnl to call AC_CHECK_PROG.