diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
index 0369eec..a5d1cf2 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.1.8"
+  ".": "2.2.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0ea1858..7437eef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,30 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.2.0](https://github.com/intility/json-api-toolkit/compare/v2.1.8...v2.2.0) (2026-08-25)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add opt-in strict query validation ([#199](https://github.com/intility/json-api-toolkit/issues/199)) ([1a1a323](https://github.com/intility/json-api-toolkit/commit/1a1a3231a2ccb815cd5ff4f1fe842d723402a6d7))
+* preserve query string in pagination links (opt-in) ([#200](https://github.com/intility/json-api-toolkit/issues/200)) ([f2ebc68](https://github.com/intility/json-api-toolkit/commit/f2ebc686d0c0e563afff4ea83f6d6fb52f45bf5d))
+
+
+### Code Refactoring
+
+* consolidate filter builders into FilterExpressionComposer ([#195](https://github.com/intility/json-api-toolkit/issues/195)) ([4c7cd01](https://github.com/intility/json-api-toolkit/commit/4c7cd0162bcd51becd6fe1b5d15f6e95a725c3f7))
+* **filtering:** consolidate filter builders into FilterExpressionCo ([4c7cd01](https://github.com/intility/json-api-toolkit/commit/4c7cd0162bcd51becd6fe1b5d15f6e95a725c3f7))
+
+
+### CI
+
+* **actions:** Bump github/codeql-action/analyze from 4.37.7 to 4.37.8 ([#202](https://github.com/intility/json-api-toolkit/issues/202)) ([71af8fb](https://github.com/intility/json-api-toolkit/commit/71af8fb72830212a2130b547af8deb236a934581))
+* **actions:** Bump github/codeql-action/init from 4.37.7 to 4.37.8 ([#203](https://github.com/intility/json-api-toolkit/issues/203)) ([204b739](https://github.com/intility/json-api-toolkit/commit/204b73904fa7670a8f370fd0673eb14c477a6bc9))
+
+
+### Tests
+
+* add ContractApi sample and TS contract test suite ([#197](https://github.com/intility/json-api-toolkit/issues/197)) ([716af3c](https://github.com/intility/json-api-toolkit/commit/716af3c5c4d85cbc197d2983c3adfd9b6e616167))
+
 ## [2.1.8](https://github.com/intility/json-api-toolkit/compare/v2.1.7...v2.1.8) (2026-08-20)
 
 
diff --git a/JsonApiToolkit/JsonApiToolkit.csproj b/JsonApiToolkit/JsonApiToolkit.csproj
index d8eeb0e..84cc0cf 100644
--- a/JsonApiToolkit/JsonApiToolkit.csproj
+++ b/JsonApiToolkit/JsonApiToolkit.csproj
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <!-- Package metadata -->
     <PackageId>Intility.JsonApiToolkit</PackageId>
     <Title>JsonApiToolkit</Title>
-    <Version>2.1.8</Version>
+    <Version>2.2.0</Version>
     <Authors>Intility</Authors>
     <Company>Intility</Company>
     <Copyright>Copyright (c) Intility</Copyright>
diff --git a/mkdocs.yaml b/mkdocs.yaml
index aa298ec..b0f1b8a 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yaml
+++ b/mkdocs.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ site_name: Intility JsonApiToolkit
 site_description: Documentation for Intility JsonApiToolkit
 site_url: https://intility.github.io/json-api-toolkit/
 extra:
-  version: 2.1.8 # x-release-please-version
+  version: 2.2.0 # x-release-please-version
 
 theme:
   name: material