diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a728f21ea..bbb49eaf5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,8 +4,28 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. Dates are d
 
 Generated by [`auto-changelog`](https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog).
 
+#### [2.2.0](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/compare/2.1.1...2.2.0)
+
+- feat(frontend): update news text [`#3279`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3279)
+- feat(frontend): use params instead of query for send/identifier route [`#3277`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3277)
+- fix(other): deployment bugfixes [`#3276`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3276)
+- refactor(other): federation optimize logging, fix bug [`#3272`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3272)
+- feat(other): request limit [`#3274`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3274)
+- feat(dlt): logging views [`#3270`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3270)
+- refactor(other): hetzner cloud deploy, refactor .env [`#3267`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3267)
+- refactor(dlt): dlt connector try out dci [`#3223`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3223)
+- feat(backend): fill linked_user_gradido_id and linked_user_name for creation transactions [`#3268`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3268)
+- feat(frontend): use day for contribution dates [`#3269`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3269)
+- feat(backend): fill linked_user_id for creation transactions [`#3266`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3266)
+- docs(other): 3258 feature create gms usecase docu [`#3260`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3260)
+- fix(frontend): update moderatorChangedMemo [`#3259`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3259)
+- chore(other): change filename date-pattern and stop all modules with db-write-access [`#3245`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3245)
+
 #### [2.1.1](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/compare/2.0.1...2.1.1)
 
+> 1 December 2023
+
+- chore(release): v2.1.1 [`#3257`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3257)
 - feat(admin): wiedervorlage v2 [`#3255`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3255)
 - feat(admin): resubmission [`#3252`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3252)
 - feat(backend): grant moderator right to edit contribution memo [`#3233`](https://github.com/gradido/gradido/pull/3233)
diff --git a/admin/package.json b/admin/package.json
index e34136e4b..a28adad43 100644
--- a/admin/package.json
+++ b/admin/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "description": "Administraion Interface for Gradido",
   "main": "index.js",
   "author": "Moriz Wahl",
-  "version": "2.1.1",
+  "version": "2.2.0",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "private": false,
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 43b7fb87c..cdf35b725 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gradido-backend",
-  "version": "2.1.1",
+  "version": "2.2.0",
   "description": "Gradido unified backend providing an API-Service for Gradido Transactions",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "repository": "https://github.com/gradido/gradido/backend",
diff --git a/database/package.json b/database/package.json
index 8e1a99826..2b31e033b 100644
--- a/database/package.json
+++ b/database/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gradido-database",
-  "version": "2.1.1",
+  "version": "2.2.0",
   "description": "Gradido Database Tool to execute database migrations",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "repository": "https://github.com/gradido/gradido/database",
diff --git a/dht-node/package.json b/dht-node/package.json
index ec47913de..7a73791d5 100644
--- a/dht-node/package.json
+++ b/dht-node/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gradido-dht-node",
-  "version": "2.1.1",
+  "version": "2.2.0",
   "description": "Gradido dht-node module",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "repository": "https://github.com/gradido/gradido/",
diff --git a/dlt-connector/package.json b/dlt-connector/package.json
index 8b5ae357c..5bc9673de 100644
--- a/dlt-connector/package.json
+++ b/dlt-connector/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gradido-dlt-connector",
-  "version": "2.1.1",
+  "version": "2.2.0",
   "description": "Gradido DLT-Connector",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "repository": "https://github.com/gradido/gradido/",
diff --git a/federation/package.json b/federation/package.json
index 1457b1be1..fcfaa0e46 100644
--- a/federation/package.json
+++ b/federation/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gradido-federation",
-  "version": "2.1.1",
+  "version": "2.2.0",
   "description": "Gradido federation module providing Gradido-Hub-Federation and versioned API for inter community communication",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "repository": "https://github.com/gradido/gradido/federation",
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index fb5210a05..2a3eeb56a 100755
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bootstrap-vue-gradido-wallet",
-  "version": "2.1.1",
+  "version": "2.2.0",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node run/server.js",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 063d7394a..b85be6f24 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gradido",
-  "version": "2.1.1",
+  "version": "2.2.0",
   "description": "Gradido",
   "main": "index.js",
   "repository": "git@github.com:gradido/gradido.git",
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index ac7a748d0..caa8d517c 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ yarn version --no-git-tag-version --no-commit-hooks --no-commit --new-version ${
 
 # generate changelog
 cd ${PROJECT_DIR}
-auto-changelog --commit-limit 0 --latest-version ${VERSION}
\ No newline at end of file
+./node_modules/.bin/auto-changelog --commit-limit 0 --latest-version ${VERSION}
\ No newline at end of file