diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 07b2e8d6170..3ad326e47f1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Make sure you activated the full features of the tokio crate on Cargo.toml:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-tokio = { version = "1.21.1", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.21.2", features = ["full"] }
 ```
 Then, on your main.rs:
 
diff --git a/tokio/CHANGELOG.md b/tokio/CHANGELOG.md
index 895c42617eb..b7fd86a2a86 100644
--- a/tokio/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tokio/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# 1.21.2 (September 27, 2022)
+
+This release removes the dependency on the `once_cell` crate to restore the MSRV
+of 1.21.x, which is the latest minor version at the time of release. ([#5048])
+
+[#5048]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/5048
+
 # 1.21.1 (September 13, 2022)
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/tokio/Cargo.toml b/tokio/Cargo.toml
index 06f67d0c5b5..ce525d71ad3 100644
--- a/tokio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tokio/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ name = "tokio"
 #   - README.md
 # - Update CHANGELOG.md.
 # - Create "v1.0.x" git tag.
-version = "1.21.1"
+version = "1.21.2"
 edition = "2018"
 rust-version = "1.49"
 authors = ["Tokio Contributors <team@tokio.rs>"]
diff --git a/tokio/README.md b/tokio/README.md
index 07b2e8d6170..3ad326e47f1 100644
--- a/tokio/README.md
+++ b/tokio/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Make sure you activated the full features of the tokio crate on Cargo.toml:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-tokio = { version = "1.21.1", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.21.2", features = ["full"] }
 ```
 Then, on your main.rs: