diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index b57251c..3dca31c 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+======================
+ What's new in 2.2.4
+======================
+
+Release: 2024-02-09
+
+* Support ``ssl=True`` in ``connect()``. (#700)
+  This makes better compatibility with PyMySQL and mysqlclient==2.2.1
+  with libmariadb. See #698 for detail.
+
+
 ======================
  What's new in 2.2.3
 ======================
diff --git a/src/MySQLdb/release.py b/src/MySQLdb/release.py
index 6bc1089..35d53e2 100644
--- a/src/MySQLdb/release.py
+++ b/src/MySQLdb/release.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 __author__ = "Inada Naoki <songofacandy@gmail.com>"
-__version__ = "2.2.3"
-version_info = (2, 2, 3, "final", 0)
+__version__ = "2.2.4"
+version_info = (2, 2, 4, "final", 0)