diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 216596dfb..abe8ed09b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-07-25
+  Released 2.2
+  Allows debug=True when initializing telegram.Bot
+
 2015-07-20
   Released 2.1
   Fix to_dict for Document and Video
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5d6f7c54a..c0c3bc7f8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def read(*paths):
 
 setup(
     name='python-telegram-bot',
-    version='2.1',
+    version='2.2',
     author='Leandro Toledo',
     author_email='leandrotoledodesouza@gmail.com',
     license='GPLv2',
diff --git a/telegram/__init__.py b/telegram/__init__.py
index 70b2ea7e3..e03b9b087 100644
--- a/telegram/__init__.py
+++ b/telegram/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 """A library that provides a Python interface to the Telegram Bots API"""
 
 __author__ = 'leandrotoledodesouza@gmail.com'
-__version__ = '2.1'
+__version__ = '2.2'
 
 from .base import TelegramObject
 from .user import User