diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f553fe7..e689bd0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v2.2.0 - 2020-10-12
+
+### Added
+
+- Allow version bump to specific prerelease version number  
+  (PR: https://github.com/svenfuchs/gem-release/pull/97)
+
 ## v2.1.1 - 2019-10-28
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/lib/gem/release/version.rb b/lib/gem/release/version.rb
index 2c3ec21..e86a0ee 100644
--- a/lib/gem/release/version.rb
+++ b/lib/gem/release/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Gem
   module Release
-    VERSION = '2.1.1'
+    VERSION = '2.2.0'
   end
 end