diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 43898287..ec34d0b9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [2.2.1] - 2026-05-11
+
+### Fixed
+* Removed `mkl` as runtime dependency to avoid possible `pip check` failures [gh-322](https://github.com/IntelPython/mkl_fft/pull/322)
+
 ## [2.2.0] - 2026-04-16
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/mkl_fft/_version.py b/mkl_fft/_version.py
index 8a124bf6..b19ee4b7 100644
--- a/mkl_fft/_version.py
+++ b/mkl_fft/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.2.0"
+__version__ = "2.2.1"