diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/__init__.py b/src/auto_archiver/__init__.py
index a8e0945..e9fe79f 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/__init__.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,3 @@ from .core.orchestrator import ArchivingOrchestrator
 from .core.config import Config
 # making accessible directly
 from .core.metadata import Metadata
-
-
-from .version import VERSION
-__version__ = VERSION
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/version.py b/src/auto_archiver/version.py
index 3f68ca8..3a1ebdf 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/version.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/version.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ _MAJOR = "0"
 _MINOR = "2"
 # On main and in a nightly release the patch should be one ahead of the last
 # released build.
-_PATCH = "21"
+_PATCH = "22"
 # This is mainly for nightly builds which have the suffix ".dev$DATE". See
 # https://semver.org/#is-v123-a-semantic-version for the semantics.
 _SUFFIX = ""