diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 37f652a9bc..efed0085bb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 **Merged pull requests:**
 
+- fix runtime directory; annotate daemon status file [\#19706](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/19706) ([ktsaou](https://github.com/ktsaou))
 - add host/os fields to status file [\#19704](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/19704) ([ktsaou](https://github.com/ktsaou))
 - under MSYS2 use stat [\#19703](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/19703) ([ktsaou](https://github.com/ktsaou))
 - Document journal v2 index file format. [\#19701](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/19701) ([vkalintiris](https://github.com/vkalintiris))
diff --git a/packaging/version b/packaging/version
index 4aac99f505..24e45f1950 100644
--- a/packaging/version
+++ b/packaging/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v2.2.0-245-nightly
+v2.2.0-247-nightly