diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 94e97f33..802a0d17 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 2.2.4 (...)
+## 2.2.4 (2020-03-30)
 - introduce `userIdAttribute` for `FormLdapAuthentication` to "normalize" the
   user ID used inside the VPN service (issue #151)
-- implement `addRealm` option for `FormLdapAuthentication` that adds a provided
-  domain to the user specified "authUser" if no domain is specified yet
+- implement `addRealm` option for `FormLdapAuthentication` that adds a 
+  configured domain to the user specified "authUser" if no domain is specified 
+  yet
 
 ## 2.2.3 (2020-03-23)
 - add German portal translation
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index bdbe651d..530cdd91 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.2.4-dev
+2.2.4
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 749442fa..5594b263 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
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                 "type": "path",
                 "url": "../vpn-lib-common",
-                "reference": "7d4fc0f8e54bbc9a361a998c38112cf975d7a4ba"
+                "reference": "5a83f2fe08a8b956e4fbc6b0d3c276ccb2b26296"
             },
             "require": {
                 "ext-curl": "*",