diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
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--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-* 2.2.1 (Not released)
+* 2.2.1 (January 11, 2016)
     * Added AVATAR_GRAVATAR_FIELD setting to define the user field to get the gravatar email.
     * Improved Django 1.9/1.10 compability
     * Improved Brazilian translations
diff --git a/avatar/__init__.py b/avatar/__init__.py
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--- a/avatar/__init__.py
+++ b/avatar/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '2.2.0'
+__version__ = '2.2.1'