diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index d6c001cf4..400eaabad 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+2.2.0 2024-07-24
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Improvements:
+
+  - Add timeout to SQLite connect for geopackages. This helps against locking exceptions
+  - Improvement of documentation, typos, wrong cli commands, old python2 stuff
+  - The WMTS capabilites will now advertise the WMS GetLegendGraphic as a LegendURL if both services are active
+  - It is possible now to configure LegendURLs that should be shown in the WMTS capabilities
+  - A new method for plugins to intercept and modify requests made to MapProxy was added.
+
+Maintenance:
+
+  - Removal of debian package information
+  - Fix docs workflow
+
+Fixes:
+
+  - Remove import of the packaging library that does not appear in the `install_requires`
+  - Only install and use `importlib_resources` in python 3.8
+
+
 2.1.1 2024-07-16
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Fixes:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5131a330f..9dd492d9f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def long_description(changelog_releases=10):
 
 setup(
     name='MapProxy',
-    version="2.1.1",
+    version="2.2.0",
     description='An accelerating proxy for tile and web map services',
     long_description=long_description(7),
     author='Oliver Tonnhofer',