diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d22a678d5a1453d0dea85f01e751014c8a59254b..7997b80bfb39911f9f12416d59aac46eee258543 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-21.1+dev
+22.0-beta
diff --git a/VERSION_CODENAME b/VERSION_CODENAME
index 44c9941f42e4a3a7ebcff70cab37d13b0bd1ba62..6dff99b708be291abd638a8bc611c243efcde9c3 100644
--- a/VERSION_CODENAME
+++ b/VERSION_CODENAME
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Scandium
+Titanium