diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a289a2e..6547b1b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,3 +27,8 @@ debug
 # browser bundles    #
 ######################
 *bundle.js
+
+# misc #
+.npmrc
+*.tgz
+.idea
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c77af7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+examples
+node_modules
+debug
+.coverdata
+.coverrun
+.git
+.github
+continuous-delivery
+integration-testing
+test
+reports
+.npmrc
+.idea
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 93ff642..bfbb1c1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [2.2.9](https://github.com/aws/aws-iot-device-sdk-js/releases/tag/v2.2.9) (July 8, 2021)
+
+Bugfixes/Improvements
+  - Updated crypto-js version
+  - Updated mqtt-js version
+  - Removed reserved topic checks from subscribe calls
+
 ## [2.2.8](https://github.com/aws/aws-iot-device-sdk-js/releases/tag/v2.2.8) (May 20, 2021)
 
 Bugfixes/Improvements
diff --git a/continuous-delivery/publish.yml b/continuous-delivery/publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4ae9be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/continuous-delivery/publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+version: 0.2
+phases:
+  install:
+    runtime-versions:
+      nodejs: 10
+  pre_build:
+    commands:
+      - cd $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/aws-iot-device-sdk-js
+      - bash ./continuous-delivery/update-version.sh
+  build:
+    commands:
+      - aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id V1JavascriptNpmAuthToken --region us-east-1 | jq -r .SecretString > .npmrc
+      - npm install
+      - npm pack
+      - npm --userconfig ./.npmrc publish aws-iot-device-sdk-*.tgz
diff --git a/continuous-delivery/test-version-exists.sh b/continuous-delivery/test-version-exists.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f642fe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/continuous-delivery/test-version-exists.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -ex
+
+# force a failure if there's no tag
+git describe --tags
+# now get the tag
+CURRENT_TAG=$(git describe --tags | cut -f2 -dv)
+# convert v0.2.12-2-g50254a9 to 0.2.12
+CURRENT_TAG_VERSION=$(git describe --tags | cut -f1 -d'-' | cut -f2 -dv)
+# if there's a hash on the tag, then this is not a release tagged commit
+if [ "$CURRENT_TAG" != "$CURRENT_TAG_VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "Current tag version is not a release tag, cut a new release if you want to publish."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+PUBLISHED_TAG_VERSION=`npm show aws-iot-device-sdk version`
+if [ "$PUBLISHED_TAG_VERSION" == "$CURRENT_TAG_VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "$CURRENT_TAG_VERSION is already in npm, cut a new tag if you want to upload another version."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "$CURRENT_TAG_VERSION currently does not exist in npm, allowing pipeline to continue."
+exit 0
diff --git a/continuous-delivery/test-version-exists.yml b/continuous-delivery/test-version-exists.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8491473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/continuous-delivery/test-version-exists.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+version: 0.2
+phases:
+  install:
+    runtime-versions:
+      nodejs: 10
+  build:
+    commands:
+      - cd $CODEBUILD_SRC_DIR/aws-iot-device-sdk-js
+      - bash ./continuous-delivery/test-version-exists.sh
+      
diff --git a/continuous-delivery/update-version.sh b/continuous-delivery/update-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..359b772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/continuous-delivery/update-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -ex
+
+# force a failure if there's no tag
+git describe --tags
+# now get the tag
+CURRENT_TAG=$(git describe --tags | cut -f2 -dv)
+# convert v0.2.12-2-g50254a9 to 0.2.12
+CURRENT_TAG_VERSION=$(git describe --tags | cut -f1 -d'-' | cut -f2 -dv)
+# if there's a hash on the tag, then this is not a release tagged commit
+if [ "$CURRENT_TAG" != "$CURRENT_TAG_VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "Current tag version is not a release tag, cut a new release if you want to publish."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+sed --in-place -E "s/\"version\": \".+\"/\"version\": \"${CURRENT_TAG_VERSION}\"/" package.json
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eb6cbac..79796d3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "aws-iot-device-sdk",
   "description": "AWS IoT Node.js SDK for Embedded Devices",
-  "version": "2.2.8",
+  "version": "2.0.0-dev",
   "author": {
     "name": "Amazon Web Services",
     "email": "",