diff --git a/doc/CHANGELOG.md b/doc/CHANGELOG.md
index 84c3ddf0..863b22e0 100644
--- a/doc/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/doc/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## Unreleased
+## 2.2.0
 ### changed
 - change types of `Annotation` attributes `annot_file` and `audio_path` from `str` (string) 
   to `pathlib.Path`, to fix errors raised when passing in `Path` objects (because the 
diff --git a/src/crowsetta/__about__.py b/src/crowsetta/__about__.py
index 685d1509..c358174f 100644
--- a/src/crowsetta/__about__.py
+++ b/src/crowsetta/__about__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 __summary__ = "A tool to work with any format for annotating vocalizations"
 __uri__ = "https://github.com/NickleDave/crowsetta"
 
-__version__ = "2.1.0"
+__version__ = "2.2.0"
 
 if base_dir is not None and os.path.exists(os.path.join(base_dir, ".commit")):
     with open(os.path.join(base_dir, ".commit")) as fp: