diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ae8fd74a3..01a30f52f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2022-10-10 v22.10.1
+===================
+
+Nimbus `v22.10.1` is a `low-urgency` hotfix release addressing a frequently encountered crash when Nimbus has poor network connectivity to an external block builder:
+
+https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2/pull/4222
+
+
 2022-10-03 v22.10.0
 ===================
 
diff --git a/beacon_chain/version.nim b/beacon_chain/version.nim
index c0041317a..49bba11d9 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/version.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/version.nim
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ when not defined(nimscript):
 const
   versionMajor* = 22
   versionMinor* = 10
-  versionBuild* = 0
+  versionBuild* = 1
 
   versionBlob* = "stateofus" # Single word - ends up in the default graffiti