diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 29716fd..a850d7f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ checksum = "cf54715a573b99ac80df0bc206da022bcd442c974952c7b9720069370852e21f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rusty_alloc"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "2.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "loom",
@@ -286,14 +286,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rusty_alloc-api"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "2.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "rusty_alloc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rusty_alloc-bench"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "2.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "libloading",
  "rusty_alloc",
@@ -302,14 +302,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rusty_alloc-ffi"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "2.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "rusty_alloc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rusty_alloc-override"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "2.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "rusty_alloc",
  "rusty_alloc-ffi",
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rusty_alloc-wasm"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "2.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "rusty_alloc",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bcdc5ca..3467311 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ members = [
 # different files that never got the section. Fixed here, in both, and
 # verified by extracting the packaged `.crate` before publishing rather than
 # checking the live page afterwards.
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "2.2.0"
 edition = "2024"
 # MSRV. Declared for the first time in 1.0.1 because this release genuinely
 # needs it: `asm!` label blocks (`asm_goto`, stable 1.87) carry the free path's
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e0d0092..2531a70 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,9 +40,13 @@ does not offer.
   measured on a XIAO ESP32-S3 at 240 MHz, both allocators built from one source.
   It costs more RAM to get that (64 KiB vs 8 KiB); both numbers are below.
 
-> **Status: `2.1.0`.** The API is frozen and changes follow semver. 2.0.1
-> through 2.0.5 were patch releases; **2.1.0 is a minor because it ADDS public
-> items and moves nothing** — `cargo-semver-checks` calls it API-compatible.
+> **Status: `2.2.0`.** The API is frozen and changes follow semver. 2.0.1
+> through 2.0.5 were patch releases; 2.1.0 and 2.2.0 are minors because they
+> ADD public items and move none — `cargo-semver-checks` calls both
+> API-compatible. **2.2.0 also carries the largest embedded speed fix in this
+> series:** under `--cfg ra_small_profile` every page was being extended one
+> block at a time, so `malloc_generic` ran on 100 % of allocations; on a XIAO
+> ESP32-S3 fixing it is **13–16 % faster on every binned workload**.
 > 2.0.2 halved the allocator's flash cost on a microcontroller and cut its
 > gzipped wasm overhead by a third; 2.0.3 halved the flash cost again and took
 > the static RAM cost from 3 KB to under 300 bytes; 2.0.4 makes a firmware's
diff --git a/crates/rusty_alloc/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/rusty_alloc/CHANGELOG.md
index f743bcd..6178b10 100644
--- a/crates/rusty_alloc/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/rusty_alloc/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.2.0](https://github.com/Remade-With-Rust/rusty_alloc/compare/rusty_alloc-v2.1.0...rusty_alloc-v2.2.0) - 2026-09-10
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - **The small profile extended every page ONE BLOCK AT A TIME, so 100 % of
diff --git a/crates/rusty_alloc_api/Cargo.toml b/crates/rusty_alloc_api/Cargo.toml
index 309e647..83d78e9 100644
--- a/crates/rusty_alloc_api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rusty_alloc_api/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 [dependencies]
 # A published crate needs a VERSION alongside the path: the path is what the
 # workspace builds against, the version is what crates.io resolves.
-rusty_alloc = { path = "../rusty_alloc", version = "2.1.0", default-features = false }
+rusty_alloc = { path = "../rusty_alloc", version = "2.2.0", default-features = false }
 
 [features]
 # Mirrors the core's (P3, docs/plans/small-metal.md). Default-on, so every