diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c002910..62bf059 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,11 +3,21 @@
 # Everything else is managed by the conda-smithy rerender process.
 # Please do not modify
 
+# Ignore all files and folders in root
 *
 !/conda-forge.yml
 
+# Don't ignore any subfolders if the parent folder is 'un-ignored'
 !/*/
+# Don't ignore any files/folders recursively in the following folders
 !/recipe/**
 !/.ci_support/**
 
+# Since we ignore files/folders recursively, any folders inside
+# build_artifacts gets ignored which trips some build systems.
+# To avoid that we 'un-ignore' all files/folders recursively
+# and only ignore the root build_artifacts folder.
+!/build_artifacts/**
+/build_artifacts
+
 *.pyc
diff --git a/.scripts/build_steps.sh b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
index 5382195..f017291 100755
--- a/.scripts/build_steps.sh
+++ b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
@@ -54,12 +54,6 @@ if [[ -f "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}/LICENSE.txt" ]]; then
   cp "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}/LICENSE.txt" "${RECIPE_ROOT}/recipe-scripts-license.txt"
 fi
 
-if [[ "${sha:-}" == "" ]]; then
-  pushd ${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}
-  sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-  popd
-fi
-
 if [[ "${BUILD_WITH_CONDA_DEBUG:-0}" == 1 ]]; then
     if [[ "x${BUILD_OUTPUT_ID:-}" != "x" ]]; then
         EXTRA_CB_OPTIONS="${EXTRA_CB_OPTIONS:-} --output-id ${BUILD_OUTPUT_ID}"
diff --git a/.scripts/run_docker_build.sh b/.scripts/run_docker_build.sh
index b70ef01..00f377a 100755
--- a/.scripts/run_docker_build.sh
+++ b/.scripts/run_docker_build.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ if [ -z ${FEEDSTOCK_NAME} ]; then
     export FEEDSTOCK_NAME=$(basename ${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT})
 fi
 
+if [[ "${sha:-}" == "" ]]; then
+  pushd "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}"
+  sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+  popd
+fi
+
 docker info
 
 # In order for the conda-build process in the container to write to the mounted
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index d3f3d7b..07070f4 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% set name = "faker" %}
-{% set version = "22.1.0" %}
+{% set version = "22.2.0" %}
 
 
 package:
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ package:
 
 source:
   url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/{{ name[0] }}/{{ name }}/Faker-{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: 3cd0e04ed7da1bb8037afc40d1127d19e0ac4afac247a1fe1d8dde9b5c6d6e5b
+  sha256: fab78f435d27fa7bd109b095eea3504477e4149051c903fd63f11ce252e3d9b7
 
 build:
   number: 0