diff --git a/requirements-agent-release.txt b/requirements-agent-release.txt
index 170f42ac6d675..2aef69e7ac08b 100644
--- a/requirements-agent-release.txt
+++ b/requirements-agent-release.txt
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ datadog-sonarqube==5.2.1
 datadog-sonatype-nexus==1.1.0; sys_platform != 'darwin'
 datadog-sonicwall-firewall==1.0.0
 datadog-spark==6.4.0
-datadog-sqlserver==22.4.0
+datadog-sqlserver==22.5.0
 datadog-squid==4.1.0
 datadog-ssh-check==4.2.1
 datadog-statsd==3.0.0
diff --git a/sqlserver/CHANGELOG.md b/sqlserver/CHANGELOG.md
index b306e61888cf5..e89ed43c77945 100644
--- a/sqlserver/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sqlserver/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 <!-- towncrier release notes start -->
 
+## 22.5.0 / 2025-05-15
+
+***Added***:
+
+* Add database and Azure name to SQL Server database identifier template variables ([#20301](https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/pull/20301))
+
 ## 22.4.0 / 2025-05-15
 
 ***Added***:
diff --git a/sqlserver/changelog.d/20301.added b/sqlserver/changelog.d/20301.added
deleted file mode 100644
index a01c4cadcdf59..0000000000000
--- a/sqlserver/changelog.d/20301.added
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add database and Azure name to SQL Server database identifier template variables
diff --git a/sqlserver/datadog_checks/sqlserver/__about__.py b/sqlserver/datadog_checks/sqlserver/__about__.py
index d71fc95bf0b0a..46f0c7a33a45f 100644
--- a/sqlserver/datadog_checks/sqlserver/__about__.py
+++ b/sqlserver/datadog_checks/sqlserver/__about__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # All rights reserved
 # Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license (see LICENSE)
 
-__version__ = '22.4.0'
+__version__ = '22.5.0'