diff --git a/docs/about.rst b/docs/about.rst
index 4de1b26..4201695 100644
--- a/docs/about.rst
+++ b/docs/about.rst
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ License
 ChangeLog
 ---------
 
+2.2.0 (Dec 05 2020)
++++++++++++++++++++
+
+  * Add SynchronousLogstashHandler: operates like the
+    AsynchronousLogstashHandler but synchronously and without any
+    event queueing and retrying (#59, #60, Sascha Pfeiffer).
+
+
 2.1.1 (Nov 04 2020)
 +++++++++++++++++++
 
diff --git a/logstash_async/__init__.py b/logstash_async/__init__.py
index ebfb9fa..cefab42 100644
--- a/logstash_async/__init__.py
+++ b/logstash_async/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
 # of the MIT license.  See the LICENSE file for details.
 
-__version__ = '2.1.1'
+__version__ = '2.2.0'
 
 # When using an in-memory only cache, this persists the cache through
 # thread failures, shutdowns, and restarts.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 639d7fb..0dd0d68 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import sys
 
 NAME = 'python-logstash-async'
-VERSION = '2.1.1'
+VERSION = '2.2.0'
 
 here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 with open(path.join(here, 'README.rst'), 'rb') as f: