diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index cc1712ef5..6f520378a 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ include MANIFEST.in
 include LICENSE
 include VERSION
 include pyproject.toml
-include *.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+include *.txt
+recursive-include deps *
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0c62199f1..ee1372d33 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.1
+0.2.2