diff --git a/api/datastore/test_data/output_24_to_latest.json b/api/datastore/test_data/output_24_to_latest.json
index 9532d463e..0cc33b11b 100644
--- a/api/datastore/test_data/output_24_to_latest.json
+++ b/api/datastore/test_data/output_24_to_latest.json
@@ -932,6 +932,6 @@
     }
   ],
   "version": {
-    "VERSION": "{\"SchemaVersion\":\"2.22.0\",\"MigratorCount\":1,\"Edition\":1,\"InstanceID\":\"463d5c47-0ea5-4aca-85b1-405ceefee254\"}"
+    "VERSION": "{\"SchemaVersion\":\"2.22.0-rc1\",\"MigratorCount\":1,\"Edition\":1,\"InstanceID\":\"463d5c47-0ea5-4aca-85b1-405ceefee254\"}"
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/portainer.go b/api/portainer.go
index a087887fe..a5fe785ce 100644
--- a/api/portainer.go
+++ b/api/portainer.go
@@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@ type (
 
 const (
 	// APIVersion is the version number of the Portainer API
-	APIVersion = "2.22.0"
+	APIVersion = "2.22.0-rc1"
 	// Edition is what this edition of Portainer is called
 	Edition = PortainerCE
 	// ComposeSyntaxMaxVersion is a maximum supported version of the docker compose syntax