diff --git a/bigchaindb/version.py b/bigchaindb/version.py
index 22b3036e..a54415a4 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/version.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/version.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 AND CC-BY-4.0)
 # Code is Apache-2.0 and docs are CC-BY-4.0
 
-__version__ = '2.2.0'
+__version__ = '2.2.1'
 __short_version__ = '2.2'
 
 # Supported Tendermint versions