bump for next version
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index aff679f..50c08a1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
Small Footprint CIM Client Library NEWS
-Changes since 2.1
+Changes since 2.2
=================
+
+
+Changes in 2.2
+==============
Bugs:
- 2102339: Missing ret values in sblim-sfcc
- 2102345: missing configuration of CIM-HOST-PORT in sblim-sfcc
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8b39a06..89523df 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT(sblim-sfcc, 2.1.0, sblim-devel@lists.sourceforge.net)
+AC_INIT(sblim-sfcc, 2.3.0preview, sblim-devel@lists.sourceforge.net)
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([cimc/cimcclient.c])
AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])