diff --git a/include/pybind11/detail/common.h b/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
index 88681d062..892de0f8f 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 
 #define PYBIND11_VERSION_MAJOR 2
 #define PYBIND11_VERSION_MINOR 2
-#define PYBIND11_VERSION_PATCH 3
+#define PYBIND11_VERSION_PATCH 4
 
 /// Include Python header, disable linking to pythonX_d.lib on Windows in debug mode
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
diff --git a/pybind11/_version.py b/pybind11/_version.py
index 532ec0c11..54ebfb13b 100644
--- a/pybind11/_version.py
+++ b/pybind11/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version_info = (2, 2, 3)
+version_info = (2, 2, 4)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))