diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
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--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,25 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+22.1 (2022-05-11)
+=================
+
+Process
+-------
+
+- Enable the ``importlib.metadata`` metadata implementation by default on
+  Python 3.11 (or later). The environment variable ``_PIP_USE_IMPORTLIB_METADATA``
+  can still be used to enable the implementation on 3.10 and earlier, or disable
+  it on 3.11 (by setting it to ``0`` or ``false``).
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+- Revert `#9243 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/9243>`_ since it introduced a regression in certain edge cases. (`#10962 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/10962>`_)
+- Fix missing ``REQUESTED`` metadata when using URL constraints. (`#11079 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11079>`_)
+- ``pip config`` now normalizes names by converting underscores into dashes. (`#9330 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/9330>`_)
+
+
 22.1b1 (2022-04-30)
 ===================
 
diff --git a/news/10962.bugfix.rst b/news/10962.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ff4b4283..000000000
--- a/news/10962.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Revert `#9243 <https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/9243>`_ since it introduced a regression in certain edge cases.
diff --git a/news/11044.process.rst b/news/11044.process.rst
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index d33fc74d8..000000000
--- a/news/11044.process.rst
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Enable the ``importlib.metadata`` metadata implementation by default on
-Python 3.11 (or later). The environment variable ``_PIP_USE_IMPORTLIB_METADATA``
-can still be used to enable the implementation on 3.10 and earlier, or disable
-it on 3.11 (by setting it to ``0`` or ``false``).
diff --git a/news/11079.bugfix.rst b/news/11079.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 61305a765..000000000
--- a/news/11079.bugfix.rst
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix missing ``REQUESTED`` metadata when using URL constraints.
diff --git a/news/9330.bugfix.rst b/news/9330.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 63e44c238..000000000
--- a/news/9330.bugfix.rst
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-``pip config`` now normalizes names by converting underscores into dashes.
diff --git a/src/pip/__init__.py b/src/pip/__init__.py
index c44b971cc..8027b19e9 100644
--- a/src/pip/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pip/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import List, Optional
 
-__version__ = "22.1.dev1"
+__version__ = "22.1"
 
 
 def main(args: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> int: