diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 97afec9cf..ff2213660 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ ___
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-events</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.4</version>
+  <version>2.2.5</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ ___
 
 ```groovy
 'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-core:1.1.0'
-'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-events:2.2.4'
+'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-events:2.2.5'
 'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-log4j:1.0.0'
 'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-log4j2:1.0.0'
 ```
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ ___
 
 ```clojure
 [com.amazonaws/aws-lambda-java-core "1.1.0"]
-[com.amazonaws/aws-lambda-java-events "2.2.4"]
+[com.amazonaws/aws-lambda-java-events "2.2.5"]
 [com.amazonaws/aws-lambda-java-log4j "1.0.0"]
 [com.amazonaws/aws-lambda-java-log4j2 "1.0.0"]
 ```
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ ___
 
 ```scala
 "com.amazonaws" % "aws-lambda-java-core" % "1.1.0"
-"com.amazonaws" % "aws-lambda-java-events" % "2.2.4"
+"com.amazonaws" % "aws-lambda-java-events" % "2.2.5"
 "com.amazonaws" % "aws-lambda-java-log4j" % "1.0.0"
 "com.amazonaws" % "aws-lambda-java-log4j2" % "1.0.0"
 ```
diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-events/README.md b/aws-lambda-java-events/README.md
index 3be2c2e8a..e44c27240 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-events/README.md
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-events/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ so the dependencies section in the pom.xml file would like this
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
         <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-events</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.4</version>
+        <version>2.2.5</version>
     </dependency>
     ...
 </dependencies>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ For the S3 event the pom would look like this:
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
         <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-events</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.4</version>
+        <version>2.2.5</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ For the Kinesis event
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
         <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-events</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.4</version>
+        <version>2.2.5</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ For the Dynamodb event
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
         <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-events</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.4</version>
+        <version>2.2.5</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
index 32dd2ea9d..f66124c22 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   
   <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-events</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.4</version>
+  <version>2.2.5</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>AWS Lambda Java Events Library</name>