diff --git a/exifread/__init__.py b/exifread/__init__.py
index d0aa4eb..343cfe2 100644
--- a/exifread/__init__.py
+++ b/exifread/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from .utils import ord_
 from .heic import HEICExifFinder
 
-__version__ = '2.1.2'
+__version__ = '2.2.0'
 
 logger = get_logger()
 
diff --git a/exifread/classes.py b/exifread/classes.py
index 0c64d5c..5f6eedc 100644
--- a/exifread/classes.py
+++ b/exifread/classes.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def dump_ifd(self, ifd, ifd_name, tag_dict=EXIF_TAGS, relative=0, stop_tag=DEFAU
                     # special case: null-terminated ASCII string
                     # XXX investigate
                     # sometimes gets too big to fit in int value
-                    if count != 0:  # and count < (2**31):  # 2E31 is hardware dependant. --gd
+                    if count != 0:  # and count < (2**31):  # 2E31 is hardware dependent. --gd
                         file_position = self.offset + offset
                         try:
                             self.file.seek(file_position)