diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b96ad4416cf..51944b47feb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ You will then need to use [bind mounts](https://docs.docker.com/storage/bind-mou
 to access the inventory and SSH key in the container, like this:
 
 ```ShellSession
-git checkout v2.22.0
-docker pull quay.io/kubespray/kubespray:v2.22.0
+git checkout v2.22.2
+docker pull quay.io/kubespray/kubespray:v2.22.2
 docker run --rm -it --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)"/inventory/sample,dst=/inventory \
   --mount type=bind,source="${HOME}"/.ssh/id_rsa,dst=/root/.ssh/id_rsa \
   quay.io/kubespray/kubespray:v2.22.0 bash
diff --git a/docs/ansible_collection.md b/docs/ansible_collection.md
index 7e04a9d53ee..93cfa655314 100644
--- a/docs/ansible_collection.md
+++ b/docs/ansible_collection.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Kubespray can be installed as an [Ansible collection](https://docs.ansible.com/a
    collections:
    - name: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray
      type: git
-     version: v2.21.0
+     version: v2.22.2
    ```
 
 2. Install your collection
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index 2d06d27db3d..97898504b31 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 namespace: kubernetes_sigs
 description: Deploy a production ready Kubernetes cluster
 name: kubespray
-version: 2.21.0
+version: 2.22.2
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - luksi1
diff --git a/tests/scripts/check_galaxy_version.sh b/tests/scripts/check_galaxy_version.sh
index b6679dba472..d663f121f07 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/check_galaxy_version.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/check_galaxy_version.sh
@@ -2,17 +2,11 @@
 set -e
 
 version_from_galaxy=$(grep "^version:" galaxy.yml | awk '{print $2}')
-version_from_docs=$(grep -P "^\s+version:\sv\d+\.\d+\.\d+" docs/ansible_collection.md | awk '{print $2}')
 
-if [[ $KUBESPRAY_VERSION != "v${version_from_galaxy}" ]]
+# TODO: compute the next expected version somehow
+if [[ $KUBESPRAY_VERSION == "v${version_from_galaxy}" ]]
 then
-	echo "Please update galaxy.yml version to match the KUBESPRAY_VERSION. Be sure to remove the \"v\" to adhere"
-	echo "to semenatic versioning"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-if [[ $KUBESPRAY_VERSION != "${version_from_docs}" ]]
-then
-	echo "Please update the documentation for Ansible collections under docs/ansible_collection.md to reflect the KUBESPRAY_VERSION"
+	echo "Please update galaxy.yml version to match the next KUBESPRAY_VERSION."
+	echo "Be sure to remove the \"v\" to adhere to semantic versioning"
 	exit 1
 fi