diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e34020d061..448de64235 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@
 
 - Fixed stale `ReplayProcessor` doc comment links to `ExecutionTracer` after module-structure refactors.
 
-## 0.22.0 (2025-03-18)
+## 0.22.1 (2026-04-07)
+
+- Implemented project assembly ([#2877](https://github.com/0xMiden/miden-vm/pull/2877)).
+- Added `FastProcessor::into_parts()` to extract advice provider, memory, and precompile transcript after step-based execution ([#2901](https://github.com/0xMiden/miden-vm/pull/2901)).
+
+## 0.22.0 (2026-03-18)
 
 #### Enhancements
 
diff --git a/crates/assembly/tests/fixtures/protocol/kernel/bin/main-alt.masm b/crates/assembly/tests/fixtures/protocol/kernel/bin/main-alt.masm
index 462ab6f950..d4e0538b91 100644
--- a/crates/assembly/tests/fixtures/protocol/kernel/bin/main-alt.masm
+++ b/crates/assembly/tests/fixtures/protocol/kernel/bin/main-alt.masm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # program to be executed, so we store that into procedure local memory, and then dyncall it
 @locals(4)
 proc invoke_user_script
-    loc_storew_be.0
+    loc_storew_le.0
     locaddr.0
     dyncall
 end
diff --git a/crates/assembly/tests/fixtures/protocol/kernel/bin/main.masm b/crates/assembly/tests/fixtures/protocol/kernel/bin/main.masm
index 462ab6f950..d4e0538b91 100644
--- a/crates/assembly/tests/fixtures/protocol/kernel/bin/main.masm
+++ b/crates/assembly/tests/fixtures/protocol/kernel/bin/main.masm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # program to be executed, so we store that into procedure local memory, and then dyncall it
 @locals(4)
 proc invoke_user_script
-    loc_storew_be.0
+    loc_storew_le.0
     locaddr.0
     dyncall
 end
diff --git a/crates/assembly/tests/fixtures/protocol/kernel/kernel/io.masm b/crates/assembly/tests/fixtures/protocol/kernel/kernel/io.masm
index 8b2458c0cd..8af75712cf 100644
--- a/crates/assembly/tests/fixtures/protocol/kernel/kernel/io.masm
+++ b/crates/assembly/tests/fixtures/protocol/kernel/kernel/io.masm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-const PRINTLN = 0
+const PRINTLN = event("sys.println")
 
 #! Prints the given null-terminated byte string to stdout, if debug tracing is enabled
 pub proc println(message: ptr<u8, addrspace(byte)>)
-    trace.PRINTLN
+    emit.PRINTLN
     drop
 end
diff --git a/crates/assembly/tests/fixtures/protocol/kernel/kernel/mod.masm b/crates/assembly/tests/fixtures/protocol/kernel/kernel/mod.masm
index cf048a3964..2f68b8d2ac 100644
--- a/crates/assembly/tests/fixtures/protocol/kernel/kernel/mod.masm
+++ b/crates/assembly/tests/fixtures/protocol/kernel/kernel/mod.masm
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ const PRINTLN_ADDR = SYSCALL_TABLE_ADDR + 2
 #! Initializes the kernel environment
 pub proc init
     procref.is_valid_syscall
-    mem_storew_be.SYSCALL_TABLE_ADDR
+    mem_storew_le.SYSCALL_TABLE_ADDR
     procref.$kernel::sys::panic
-    mem_storew_be.PANIC_ADDR
+    mem_storew_le.PANIC_ADDR
     procref.$kernel::io::println
-    mem_storew_be.PRINTLN_ADDR
+    mem_storew_le.PRINTLN_ADDR
 end
 
 #! Execute one of this kernel's syscalls
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub proc system_call
     # validate syscall id
     dup.0 mem_load.SYSCALL_TABLE_ADDR dynexec
     # invoke the syscall
-    add.SYSCALL_TABLE_ADDR mem_loadw_be dynexec
+    add.SYSCALL_TABLE_ADDR mem_loadw_le dynexec
 end
 
 proc is_valid_syscall