diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
index c1185cc36b3..3e4bb6130c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yaml
@@ -54,11 +54,15 @@ jobs:
         run: docker system prune -a -f
       - name: Clean dotnet folder for space
         run: rm -Rf /usr/share/dotnet
+      - name: Install packages
+        # conntrack: mandatory for later k8s versions
+        # ffmpeg: ffprobe needed by media datatypes
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install conntrack ffmpeg
       - name: Setup Minikube
         id: minikube
-        uses: CodingNagger/minikube-setup-action@v1.0.3
+        uses: CodingNagger/minikube-setup-action@v1.0.6
         with:
-          minikube-version: "1.9.0-0_amd64"
+          k8s-version: '1.19.16'
       - name: Launch Minikube
         run: eval ${{ steps.minikube.outputs.launcher }}
       - name: Check pods
@@ -85,8 +89,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: 'galaxy root/.venv'
           key: gxy-venv-${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.full-python-version.outputs.version }}-${{ hashFiles('galaxy root/requirements.txt') }}-integration
-      - name: Install ffmpeg
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y install ffmpeg
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           . .ci/minikube-test-setup/start_services.sh
diff --git a/packages/util/HISTORY.rst b/packages/util/HISTORY.rst
index 347af52a24e..7ed4da393b9 100644
--- a/packages/util/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/packages/util/HISTORY.rst
@@ -4,10 +4,17 @@ History
 .. to_doc
 
 ---------------------
-21.1.1.dev0
+22.1.2 (2022-12-08)
 ---------------------
 
+* Pin packaging dependency to < 22, fixes ``LegacyVersion`` import errors
+* Add missing pyparsing dependency
 
+---------------------
+22.1.1 (2022-08-22)
+---------------------
+
+* First release from the 22.01 branch of Galaxy
 
 ---------------------
 21.1.0 (2021-03-19)
diff --git a/packages/util/setup.cfg b/packages/util/setup.cfg
index 440d7c66f3a..598b0347a86 100644
--- a/packages/util/setup.cfg
+++ b/packages/util/setup.cfg
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ install_requires =
     docutils
     importlib_resources
     MarkupSafe
-    packaging
+    packaging<22  # packaging 22.0 dropped LegacyVersion
     pycryptodome
+    pyparsing
     PyYAML
     requests
     Routes