diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 2766742..466034c 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This guide gives AI agents the current project context, quality gates, and bench
 
 ## Current Release Status
 
-- Current target release: `0.2.1`
+- Current target release: `0.2.2`
 - Current import name: `dsafelogger`
 - Latest pre-publish review status (2026-05-07): **GO-with-fixes**, with v23j follow-up fixes applied locally.
 - Resolved release blockers:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5976191..8548b31 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.2.2] - 2026-05-21
+
 ### Added
 - Type validation as a CI quality gate: `mypy` and `pyright` are now required dev dependencies; `publication-checks` runs `uv run mypy src` and `uv run pyright src` on every push.
 - `scripts/install_built_wheel.py` — helper for installing the freshly built wheel into the uv-managed venv before running `pyright --verifytypes` against the packaged module (rather than the editable source tree).
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2c85022..e454027 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "D-SafeLogger"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.2.2"
 description = "Zero-dependency, thread-safe, append-only logging library for Python with 3-layer config pipeline"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
diff --git a/src/dsafelogger/__init__.py b/src/dsafelogger/__init__.py
index 8046ec5..37ad4cd 100644
--- a/src/dsafelogger/__init__.py
+++ b/src/dsafelogger/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-__version__ = '0.2.1'
+__version__ = '0.2.2'
 __all__ = ['ConfigureLogger', 'GetLogger', 'register_level', 'ReopenLogFiles']
 
 import atexit
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index b14442b..c457538 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ toml = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "d-safelogger"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.2.2"
 source = { editable = "." }
 
 [package.dev-dependencies]