diff --git a/.github/update-release-branch.py b/.github/update-release-branch.py
index a90a840d58..1d19c30ee9 100644
--- a/.github/update-release-branch.py
+++ b/.github/update-release-branch.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def update_changelog(version):
   else:
     content = EMPTY_CHANGELOG
 
-  newContent = content.replace('[UNRELEASED]', f'${version} - {get_today_string()}', 1)
+  newContent = content.replace('[UNRELEASED]', f'{version} - {get_today_string()}', 1)
 
   with open('CHANGELOG.md', 'w') as f:
     f.write(newContent)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6485f853a7..2cf79938d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## [UNRELEASED]
 
+No user facing changes.
+
+## 2.2.0 - 26 Jan 2023
+
 - Improve stability when choosing the default version of CodeQL to use in code scanning workflow runs on Actions on GitHub.com. [#1475](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/pull/1475)
   - This change addresses customer reports of code scanning alerts on GitHub.com being closed and reopened during the rollout of new versions of CodeQL in the GitHub Actions [runner images](https://github.com/actions/runner-images).
   - **No change is required for the majority of workflows**, including:
diff --git a/node_modules/.package-lock.json b/node_modules/.package-lock.json
index 07d7641b2a..546b8a6439 100644
--- a/node_modules/.package-lock.json
+++ b/node_modules/.package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "codeql",
-  "version": "2.2.0",
+  "version": "2.2.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index bb4eccab10..65f429b402 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "codeql",
-  "version": "2.2.0",
+  "version": "2.2.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "codeql",
-      "version": "2.2.0",
+      "version": "2.2.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/artifact": "^1.1.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8d96825858..c04aaaf2cb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "codeql",
-  "version": "2.2.0",
+  "version": "2.2.1",
   "private": true,
   "description": "CodeQL action",
   "scripts": {