diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 786447b4d..8428ab92e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.21.1"
+  ".": "2.22.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 25cfb664d..6b575e94b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.22.0](https://github.com/DataBiosphere/data-browser/compare/v2.21.1...v2.22.0) (2025-11-03)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* switch from files.url to files.azul_url ([#4575](https://github.com/DataBiosphere/data-browser/issues/4575)) ([#4581](https://github.com/DataBiosphere/data-browser/issues/4581)) ([dbaa7a1](https://github.com/DataBiosphere/data-browser/commit/dbaa7a13a55bc35c52dd8bf09ce516dad26d5109))
+
 ## [2.21.1](https://github.com/DataBiosphere/data-browser/compare/v2.21.0...v2.21.1) (2025-10-27)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 404e0e584..c1b39d12b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "explorer",
-  "version": "2.21.1",
+  "version": "2.22.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "explorer",
-      "version": "2.21.1",
+      "version": "2.22.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@databiosphere/findable-ui": "^42.1.0",
         "@emotion/react": "^11.13.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d9fbebcfd..c5dc29c0f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "explorer",
-  "version": "2.21.1",
+  "version": "2.22.0",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "dev:anvil-catalog": "./scripts/dev.sh anvil-catalog dev && ./scripts/set-version.sh dev && next dev",