diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 999abfef..168674cb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Unreleased
 
+# 2.2.1, 1 Oct 2020
+
 - Include S3 dependencies by default, because removing them in the 2.2.0 minor release was a mistake.
 
 # 2.2.0, 25 Sep 2020
diff --git a/smart_open/version.py b/smart_open/version.py
index 04188a16..36a511ec 100644
--- a/smart_open/version.py
+++ b/smart_open/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '2.2.0'
+__version__ = '2.2.1'