diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index af0b7160c244afc461d7ab43a766066476d2bb3f..6fab31165b6d9dfd330ddb32d88a7b1dbc633f53 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+0.9.228 (2021-12-07)
+--------------------
+
+* Set the ``model`` attr when making new ``AppHandler`` object.
+
+
 0.9.227 (2021-12-07)
 --------------------
 
diff --git a/rattail/_version.py b/rattail/_version.py
index a176d747de5c4f297d772441a1cf7160cd3e64f2..4203c090361c2a37a99c39799c12d2abdb02d3e1 100644
--- a/rattail/_version.py
+++ b/rattail/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
 
-__version__ = '0.9.227'
+__version__ = '0.9.228'