diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/setup.py b/packages/google-cloud-language/setup.py
index 2f4fc4020986..22538aebdeb9 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-language/setup.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-language/setup.py
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@
 
 
 REQUIREMENTS = [
-    'google-cloud-core >= 0.22.0, < 0.23dev',
+    'google-cloud-core >= 0.22.1, < 0.23dev',
 ]
 
 setup(
     name='google-cloud-language',
-    version='0.22.0',
+    version='0.22.1',
     description='Python Client for Google Cloud Natural Language',
     long_description=README,
     namespace_packages=[