diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 4d55406dea..8f2a937758 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -414,6 +414,11 @@ setup_fake_str(struct RString *fake_str, const char *name, long len, int encidx)
     fake_str->basic.flags = T_STRING|RSTRING_NOEMBED|STR_NOFREE|STR_FAKESTR;
     /* SHARED to be allocated by the callback */
 
+    if (!name) {
+	RUBY_ASSERT_ALWAYS(len == 0);
+	name = "";
+    }
+
     ENCODING_SET_INLINED((VALUE)fake_str, encidx);
 
     RBASIC_SET_CLASS_RAW((VALUE)fake_str, rb_cString);
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index e52e1bb231..d82d6b687c 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
 # define RUBY_VERSION_MINOR RUBY_API_VERSION_MINOR
 #define RUBY_VERSION_TEENY 5
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR_STR"-"RUBY_RELEASE_MONTH_STR"-"RUBY_RELEASE_DAY_STR
-#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 210
+#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 211
 
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR 2022
-#define RUBY_RELEASE_MONTH 6
-#define RUBY_RELEASE_DAY 18
+#define RUBY_RELEASE_MONTH 7
+#define RUBY_RELEASE_DAY 25
 
 #include "ruby/version.h"