diff --git a/sharpy/version.py b/sharpy/version.py
index 579a34419..0cf04b30f 100644
--- a/sharpy/version.py
+++ b/sharpy/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # version stored here to don't load dependencies by storing it in __init__.py
-__version__ = '2.0'
\ No newline at end of file
+__version__ = '2.2'