diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cc2f90afb..37eb95678 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## 1.22.1 - 2023-11-10
+
+### Fixed
+- Fixed hearthbeat bug where if the owner was not set in extractors_info.json clowder would throw and error and the
+  extractor would not get registered.
+
 ## 1.22.0 - 2023-09-12
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/app/services/MessageService.scala b/app/services/MessageService.scala
index c6eda512a..1e01a1dba 100644
--- a/app/services/MessageService.scala
+++ b/app/services/MessageService.scala
@@ -316,11 +316,9 @@ class ExtractorsHeartbeats(channel: Channel, queue: String) extends Actor {
       val extractionInfoResult = extractor_info.validate[ExtractorInfo]
 
       // Determine if there is a user associated with this request
-      val owner = (json \ "owner").as[String]
-      val user: Option[User] = if (owner.length > 0) {
-        users.findByEmail(owner)
-      } else {
-        None
+      val user = (json \ "owner").asOpt[String] match {
+        case Some(owner) => users.findByEmail(owner)
+        case None => None
       }
 
       // Update database
diff --git a/citation.cff b/citation.cff
index 5a092f829..db19d4f0d 100644
--- a/citation.cff
+++ b/citation.cff
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ message: If you use this software, please cite it using these metadata.
 title: "Clowder: Open Source Data Management for Long Tail Data"
 abstract: "A customizable and scalable data management system you can install in the cloud or on your own hardware."
 type: software
-version: "1.22.0"
+version: "1.22.1"
 license: "NCSA"
 repository-code: "https://github.com/clowder-framework/clowder"
 keywords:
diff --git a/doc/src/sphinx/conf.py b/doc/src/sphinx/conf.py
index 0997b9b1d..d65ba822e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sphinx/conf.py
+++ b/doc/src/sphinx/conf.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 author = 'Luigi Marini'
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '1.22.0'
+release = '1.22.1'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/project/Build.scala b/project/Build.scala
index cebdf2b27..585a8137b 100644
--- a/project/Build.scala
+++ b/project/Build.scala
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import NativePackagerKeys._
 object ApplicationBuild extends Build {
 
   val appName = "clowder"
-  val version = "1.22.0"
+  val version = "1.22.1"
   val jvm = "1.7"
 
   def appVersion: String = {
diff --git a/public/swagger.yml b/public/swagger.yml
index 5e221cda4..221e16ff2 100644
--- a/public/swagger.yml
+++ b/public/swagger.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ info:
     Clowder is a customizable and scalable data management system to support any
     data format and multiple research domains. It is under active development
     and deployed for a variety of research projects.
-  version: 1.22.0
+  version: 1.22.1
   termsOfService: https://clowder.ncsa.illinois.edu/clowder/tos
   contact:
     name: Clowder
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index 7cbc0cf95..509901c7c 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-VERSION="1.22.0"
+VERSION="1.22.1"
 
 sed -i~ "s#^  val version = \".*\"\$#  val version = \"${VERSION}\"#" project/Build.scala
 sed -i~ "s#^version: .*\$#version: \"${VERSION}\"#" citation.cff