diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 103d1a1394..405eae05a5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 Given the high speed of development in the first phase, changes are being reported only starting from v0.20.2.
 
+## [0.22.9] - 2022-01-06
+
+### Added
+
+- Added `rss` integration (replaces the cumbersome and deprecated `backend.http.poll`).
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed timezone handling in calendar integrations.
+- Fixed handling of ignored directories in the `file.monitor` backend.
+
 ## [0.22.8] - 2021-12-13
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/platypush/__init__.py b/platypush/__init__.py
index 8c5668e4a0..518a433f95 100644
--- a/platypush/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from .message.response import Response
 from .utils import set_thread_name, get_enabled_plugins
 
 __author__ = 'Fabio Manganiello <info@fabiomanganiello.com>'
-__version__ = '0.22.8'
+__version__ = '0.22.9'
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('platypush')
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e67f4871ca..18cd67dac3 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.22.8
+current_version = 0.22.9
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
 [metadata]
 description-file = README.md
-
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fbfc2c9a35..9151df8270 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ backend = pkg_files('platypush/backend')
 
 setup(
     name="platypush",
-    version="0.22.8",
+    version="0.22.9",
     author="Fabio Manganiello",
     author_email="info@fabiomanganiello.com",
     description="Platypush service",