diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 2b4a902..5581fb3 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Package: joineRML
 Type: Package
 Title: Joint Modelling of Multivariate Longitudinal Data and Time-to-Event
     Outcomes
-Version: 0.2.1.9000
+Version: 0.2.2
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Graeme L.", "Hickey", email = "graeme.hickey@liverpool.ac.uk", 
         role = c("cre", "aut")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 5d63732..2820f17 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# joineRML 0.2.1.9000 (devel)
+# joineRML 0.2.2
+
+* This update is an attempt to overcome a FAIL status on the CRAN checks for macOS.
 
 ## Housekeeping