diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 3f63a67..79df23f 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.22.1"
+  ".": "0.22.2"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b665547..0db0027 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.22.2 (2025-12-17)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.22.1...v0.22.2](https://github.com/perplexityai/perplexity-py/compare/v0.22.1...v0.22.2)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* use async_to_httpx_files in patch method ([87aa45b](https://github.com/perplexityai/perplexity-py/commit/87aa45bc26f1b60b0e8aab33b11ecbf0ee88d380))
+
 ## 0.22.1 (2025-12-16)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.22.0...v0.22.1](https://github.com/perplexityai/perplexity-py/compare/v0.22.0...v0.22.1)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8a6f075..c588e88 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "perplexityai"
-version = "0.22.1"
+version = "0.22.2"
 description = "The official Python library for the perplexity API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/perplexity/_base_client.py b/src/perplexity/_base_client.py
index 94e3a65..420a27f 100644
--- a/src/perplexity/_base_client.py
+++ b/src/perplexity/_base_client.py
@@ -1774,7 +1774,7 @@ async def patch(
         options: RequestOptions = {},
     ) -> ResponseT:
         opts = FinalRequestOptions.construct(
-            method="patch", url=path, json_data=body, files=to_httpx_files(files), **options
+            method="patch", url=path, json_data=body, files=await async_to_httpx_files(files), **options
         )
         return await self.request(cast_to, opts)
 
diff --git a/src/perplexity/_version.py b/src/perplexity/_version.py
index 16c4414..f6a41ea 100644
--- a/src/perplexity/_version.py
+++ b/src/perplexity/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "perplexity"
-__version__ = "0.22.1"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.22.2"  # x-release-please-version