diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_broken_site.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_broken_site.yml
index 2c7a6d2c1..f13ab2ebe 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_broken_site.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/1_broken_site.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ body:
       options:
         - label: I'm reporting a broken site
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2021.12.27**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2022.01.21**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
           required: true
         - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
           required: true
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ body:
         [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
         [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
         [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2021.12.27 (exe)
+        [debug] yt-dlp version 2022.01.21 (exe)
         [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
         [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
         [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2021.12.27)
+        yt-dlp is up to date (2022.01.21)
         <more lines>
       render: shell
     validations:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2_site_support_request.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2_site_support_request.yml
index 0e9383d63..c1d706036 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2_site_support_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/2_site_support_request.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ body:
       options:
         - label: I'm reporting a new site support request
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2021.12.27**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2022.01.21**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
           required: true
         - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
           required: true
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ body:
         [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
         [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
         [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2021.12.27 (exe)
+        [debug] yt-dlp version 2022.01.21 (exe)
         [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
         [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
         [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2021.12.27)
+        yt-dlp is up to date (2022.01.21)
         <more lines>
       render: shell
     validations:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_site_feature_request.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_site_feature_request.yml
index 0ebb8748e..a371f1011 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_site_feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/3_site_feature_request.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ body:
       options:
         - label: I'm reporting a site feature request
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2021.12.27**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2022.01.21**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
           required: true
         - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
           required: true
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ body:
         [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
         [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
         [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2021.12.27 (exe)
+        [debug] yt-dlp version 2022.01.21 (exe)
         [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
         [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
         [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2021.12.27)
+        yt-dlp is up to date (2022.01.21)
         <more lines>
       render: shell
     validations:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_bug_report.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_bug_report.yml
index 97c2e886c..5e791c8a3 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/4_bug_report.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ body:
       options:
         - label: I'm reporting a bug unrelated to a specific site
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2021.12.27**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2022.01.21**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
           required: true
         - label: I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
           required: true
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ body:
         [debug] Portable config file: yt-dlp.conf
         [debug] Portable config: ['-i']
         [debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs utf-8, stdout utf-8, stderr utf-8, pref cp1252
-        [debug] yt-dlp version 2021.12.27 (exe)
+        [debug] yt-dlp version 2022.01.21 (exe)
         [debug] Python version 3.8.8 (CPython 64bit) - Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0
         [debug] exe versions: ffmpeg 3.0.1, ffprobe 3.0.1
         [debug] Optional libraries: Cryptodome, keyring, mutagen, sqlite, websockets
         [debug] Proxy map: {}
-        yt-dlp is up to date (2021.12.27)
+        yt-dlp is up to date (2022.01.21)
         <more lines>
       render: shell
     validations:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml
index 5b0a3918c..476456322 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/5_feature_request.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ body:
       options:
         - label: I'm reporting a feature request
           required: true
-        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2021.12.27**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
+        - label: I've verified that I'm running yt-dlp version **2022.01.21**. ([update instructions](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#update))
           required: true
         - label: I've searched the [bugtracker](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues?q=) for similar issues including closed ones. DO NOT post duplicates
           required: true
diff --git a/yt_dlp/version.py b/yt_dlp/version.py
index 7b5732595..a2d6ebf71 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/version.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Autogenerated by devscripts/update-version.py
 
-__version__ = '2021.12.27'
+__version__ = '2022.01.21'
 
-RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = '6223f67a8'
+RELEASE_GIT_HEAD = 'f20d607b0'