diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e5df000..3709073 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # package information
 set (PACKAGE_NAME        "gflags")
-set (PACKAGE_VERSION     "2.2.0")
+set (PACKAGE_VERSION     "2.2.1")
 set (PACKAGE_STRING      "${PACKAGE_NAME} ${PACKAGE_VERSION}")
 set (PACKAGE_TARNAME     "${PACKAGE_NAME}-${PACKAGE_VERSION}")
 set (PACKAGE_BUGREPORT   "https://github.com/gflags/gflags/issues")
diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index e88d863..c26d0ab 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+* Tue Jul 11 2017 - Andreas Schuh <andreas.schuh.84@gmail.com>
+
+- gflags: version 2.2.1
+- Link to online documentation in README
+- Merged 194: Include utils by file instead of CMAKE_MODULE_PATH search
+- Merged 195: Remove unused program_name variable
+- Merged 196: Enable language C for older CMake versions when needed
+- Merged 202: Changed include directory in bazel build
+- Merged 207: Mark single argument constructors in mutex.h as explicit
+- Merged 209: Use inttypes.h on VC++ 2013 and later
+- Merged 212: Fix statically linked gflags library with MSVC
+- Meregd 213: Modify installation paths on Windows for vcpkg
+- Merged 215: Fix static initialization order fiasco caused by global registry lock
+- Merged 216: Fix use of ARGC in CMake macros
+- Merged 222: Static code analyzer error regarding strncmp with empty kRootDir
+- Merged 224: Check HAVE_STDINT_H or HAVE_INTTYPES_H for older MSVC versions
+
 * Fri Nov 25 2016 - Andreas Schuh <andreas.schuh.84@gmail.com>
 
 - gflags: version 2.2.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ed799eb..9f3e3f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@
 
 The documentation of the gflags library is available online at https://gflags.github.io/gflags/.
 
+11 July 2017
+------------
+
+I've just released gflags 2.2.1.
+
+This maintenance release primarily fixes build issues on Windows and
+false alarms reported by static code analyzers.
+
+Please report any further issues with this release using the GitHub issue tracker.
+
+
 25 November 2016
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