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 ABruijn assembler
 ==================
 
-Version: 2.1b
+Version: 2.2b
 
 ABruijn is a de novo assembler for long and noisy reads, such as
 those produced by PacBio and Oxford Nanopore Technologies.
diff --git a/abruijn/__version__.py b/abruijn/__version__.py
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "2.1b"
+__version__ = "2.2b"
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+ABruijn 2.2b (07 Oct 2017)
+==========================
+
+* Various bug fixes and improvements
+* More accurate assembl graph construction
+* Support for very long (100kb+) reads
+* Fastq input
+
 ABruijn 2.1b (11 Sep 2017)
 ==========================
+
 * Various bug fixes and performance improvements
 
 ABruijn 2.0b (25 Jul 2017)