diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a5559a0bb..bd2728367 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
 
 setup(
     name='pysaml2',
-    version='2.1.0',
+    version='2.2.0',
     description='Python implementation of SAML Version 2 to be used in a WSGI environment',
     # long_description = read("README"),
     author='Roland Hedberg',