diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-gmpy2/template b/srcpkgs/python3-gmpy2/template
index 307eed41980..44de7090675 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-gmpy2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-gmpy2/template
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-gmpy2'
 pkgname=python3-gmpy2
-# need $version > 2.2.0a1 which we shipped before by necessity
-version=2.2.0r
+version=2.2.1
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-pep517
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-wheel"
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ license="LGPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/aleaxit/gmpy"
 changelog="https://github.com/aleaxit/gmpy/releases"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/g/gmpy2/gmpy2-${version%r}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e19e62dfeb1e4a57079f0bf51c51dec30633d9fe9e89cb9a083e05e4823afa70
+checksum=e83e07567441b78cb87544910cb3cc4fe94e7da987e93ef7622e76fb96650432
 
 if [ "$XBPS_CHECK_PKGS" = full ]; then
 	# this would cause a build-time circular dependency