diff --git a/mesa/__init__.py b/mesa/__init__.py
index e27d7de1cb0..2f1d6348792 100644
--- a/mesa/__init__.py
+++ b/mesa/__init__.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 ]
 
 __title__ = "mesa"
-__version__ = "2.3.0-dev"
+__version__ = "2.2.0"
 __license__ = "Apache 2.0"
 _this_year = datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.timezone.utc).date().year
 __copyright__ = f"Copyright {_this_year} Project Mesa Team"