diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 478a862c96669eaf7e929ca9989c015914381d02..d13a77675ae9a7efc8e51782f30dc9c08ff20dee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## new in jupyter-openbis-extension 0.2.2
+
+- fixed assignment bug in jupyter server extension
+
 ## new in jupyter-openbis-extension 0.2.1
 
 - improved download dialog
diff --git a/jupyter-openbis-extension/__init__.py b/jupyter-openbis-extension/__init__.py
index 55b2f87662b0e24938c01f53ba160ad3b26b4dae..0f5b81be8909207db00d9d93f451d64959c0a684 100644
--- a/jupyter-openbis-extension/__init__.py
+++ b/jupyter-openbis-extension/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = 'jupyter-openbis-extension.server'
 __author__ = 'Swen Vermeul'
 __email__ = 'swen@ethz.ch'
-__version__ = '0.2.1'
+__version__ = '0.2.2'
 
 def _jupyter_server_extension_paths():
     return [{
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3d9a938d409c4db1aa399609d8796142bededef2..13ae28207847a8e9d5e0aecebc78bba9611a3232 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
 
 setup(
     name='jupyter-openbis-extension',
-    version= '0.2.1',
+    version= '0.2.2',
     author='Swen Vermeul |  ID SIS | ETH Zürich',
     author_email='swen@ethz.ch',
     description='Extension for Jupyter notebooks to connect to openBIS and download/upload datasets, inluding the notebook itself',