diff --git a/requirements/constraints.txt b/requirements/constraints.txt
index 204980ad58..79f41ff715 100644
--- a/requirements/constraints.txt
+++ b/requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -106,7 +106,3 @@ pylint<2.10.0
 # Feel free to loosen this constraint if/when it is confirmed that a later
 # version of py2neo will work with Neo4j 3.5.
 py2neo<2022
-
-# as of right now (Sep 8 2021), we need to not use the latest edx-when
-# version which might be causing issues with course publishing
-edx-when==2.1.0
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index f6e17e7be3..2b05155282 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ edx-toggles==4.2.0
     #   ora2
 edx-user-state-client==1.3.2
     # via -r requirements/edx/base.in
-edx-when==2.2.0
+edx-when==2.2.1
     # via
     #   -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.in
diff --git a/requirements/edx/development.txt b/requirements/edx/development.txt
index 7c6231f703..63e7a04fc1 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/development.txt
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ edx-toggles==4.2.0
     #   ora2
 edx-user-state-client==1.3.2
     # via -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
-edx-when==2.2.0
+edx-when==2.2.1
     # via
     #   -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
diff --git a/requirements/edx/testing.txt b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
index 453be80ae0..34c621af21 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ edx-toggles==4.2.0
     #   ora2
 edx-user-state-client==1.3.2
     # via -r requirements/edx/base.txt
-edx-when==2.2.0
+edx-when==2.2.1
     # via
     #   -c requirements/edx/../constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/edx/base.txt