diff --git a/php/BUILD.bazel b/php/BUILD.bazel
index 948541cb00..c68abe4ab5 100644
--- a/php/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/php/BUILD.bazel
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 # See also code generation logic under /src/google/protobuf/compiler/php.
 
 load("@rules_pkg//:mappings.bzl", "pkg_files", "strip_prefix")
+load("@rules_pkg//:pkg.bzl", "pkg_tar")
 load("@upb//cmake:build_defs.bzl", "staleness_test")
 load("//build_defs:internal_shell.bzl", "inline_sh_binary")
 load("//conformance:defs.bzl", "conformance_test")
+load("//:protobuf_version.bzl", "PROTOBUF_PHP_VERSION")
 
 filegroup(
     name = "source_files",
@@ -133,3 +135,17 @@ pkg_files(
     strip_prefix = strip_prefix.from_pkg(""),
     visibility = ["//pkg:__pkg__"],
 )
+
+################################################################################
+# PECL .tgz Release
+################################################################################
+
+pkg_tar(
+  name = "release",
+  extension = "tgz",
+  srcs = [
+    "//php/ext/google/protobuf:release_files",
+    "//php/ext/google/protobuf:generate_package_xml",
+  ],
+  out = "protobuf-%s" % PROTOBUF_PHP_VERSION,
+)
diff --git a/php/ext/google/protobuf/BUILD.bazel b/php/ext/google/protobuf/BUILD.bazel
index ca37abce22..1b0bc704c3 100644
--- a/php/ext/google/protobuf/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/php/ext/google/protobuf/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 
 # Protobuf PHP extension (PECL)
-load("@rules_pkg//:mappings.bzl", "pkg_files", "pkg_filegroup", "strip_prefix")
+load("@rules_pkg//:mappings.bzl", "pkg_files", "pkg_filegroup")
 load("//:protobuf_version.bzl", "PROTOBUF_PHP_VERSION")
+load("@rules_pkg//:pkg.bzl", "pkg_tar")
+
+package(default_visibility = ["//php:__subpackages__"])
 
 filegroup(
   name = "template_package_xml",
@@ -14,6 +17,7 @@ pkg_files(
     "@utf8_range//:utf8_range_srcs",
     "@utf8_range//:LICENSE",
   ],
+  prefix = "third_party/utf8_range",
 )
 
 pkg_files(
@@ -22,7 +26,7 @@ pkg_files(
     "*.h",
     "*.c",
   ]) + [
-    "LICENSE",
+    "//:LICENSE",
     "config.m4",
     "wkt.inc",
   ],
@@ -34,12 +38,24 @@ pkg_filegroup(
     ":source_files",
     ":utf8_range_files",
   ],
+  prefix = "protobuf-%s" % PROTOBUF_PHP_VERSION,
+)
+
+# PECL .tgz without package.xml
+pkg_tar(
+  name = "release_without_package",
+  extension = "tgz",
+  srcs = [
+    ":release_files",
+  ],
+  out = "release_without_package",
 )
 
+# Generate PECL package.xml
 genrule(
     name = "generate_package_xml",
     srcs = [
-      ":release_files",
+      ":release_without_package",
       ":template_package_xml",
     ],
     outs = ["package.xml"],
@@ -47,7 +63,7 @@ genrule(
       "$(location :generate_package_xml.sh)",
       "$(location :template_package_xml)",
       PROTOBUF_PHP_VERSION,
-      "$$(echo $(locations :release_files) | sed -e 's; ;,;g')",
+      "$$(tar -tf $(location :release_without_package) | sed -z -e 's;\\n;,;g')",
       "$(location package.xml)"
     ]),
     tools = ["generate_package_xml.sh"],
diff --git a/php/ext/google/protobuf/generate_package_xml.sh b/php/ext/google/protobuf/generate_package_xml.sh
index e74d6e6770..dea2d90bba 100755
--- a/php/ext/google/protobuf/generate_package_xml.sh
+++ b/php/ext/google/protobuf/generate_package_xml.sh
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@ fi
 
 files="\\n"
 for file in ${release_files//,/ }; do
-    name=$(echo $file | sed -e 's;php/ext/google/protobuf/;;')
+  name=$(echo $file | grep .*[^/]\$ | sed -e "s;protobuf-${release_version}/;;")
+  if [ ! -z $name ]; then
     if [[ $name =~ LICENSE$ ]]; then
       role='doc'
     else
       role='src'
     fi
     files+="    <file baseinstalldir=\"/\" name=\"${name}\" role=\"${role}\"/>\\n"
+  fi
 done
 
 cat $template_package_xml |
diff --git a/version.json b/version.json
index 4244127810..b2c371f4ec 100644
--- a/version.json
+++ b/version.json
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 {
-    "main": {
-        "protoc_version": "22-dev",
+    "22.x": {
+        "protoc_version": "22.0-rc1",
         "lts": false,
         "date": "2022-07-21",
         "languages": {
-            "cpp": "3.22-dev",
-            "csharp": "3.22-dev",
-            "java": "3.22-dev",
-            "javascript": "3.22-dev",
-            "objectivec": "3.22-dev",
-            "php": "3.22-dev",
-            "python": "4.22-dev",
-            "ruby": "3.22-dev"
+            "cpp": "3.22.0-rc1",
+            "csharp": "3.22.0-rc1",
+            "java": "3.22.0-rc1",
+            "javascript": "3.22.0-rc1",
+            "objectivec": "3.22.0-rc1",
+            "php": "3.22.0-rc1",
+            "python": "4.22.0-rc1",
+            "ruby": "3.22.0-rc1"
         }
     }
 }