diff --git a/protocols/kad/CHANGELOG.md b/protocols/kad/CHANGELOG.md
index 4284ca5bf6d..9504673b972 100644
--- a/protocols/kad/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/protocols/kad/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# 0.22.1 [2020-08-19]
+
+- Explicitly convert from u8 to usize in `BucketIndex::range` to prevent type
+  inference issues ([PR 1716](https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/1716)).
+
 # 0.22.0 [2020-08-18]
 
 - Store addresses in provider records.
diff --git a/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml b/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml
index fb5d47ed950..eb60d59089f 100644
--- a/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/kad/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libp2p-kad"
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Kademlia protocol for libp2p"
-version = "0.22.0"
+version = "0.22.1"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p"
diff --git a/protocols/kad/src/kbucket.rs b/protocols/kad/src/kbucket.rs
index 3de74fad6bf..6ab7e27af6a 100644
--- a/protocols/kad/src/kbucket.rs
+++ b/protocols/kad/src/kbucket.rs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ impl BucketIndex {
     /// included in the bucket for this index.
     fn range(&self) -> (Distance, Distance) {
         let min = Distance(U256::pow(U256::from(2), U256::from(self.0)));
-        if self.0 == u8::MAX.into() {
+        if self.0 == usize::from(u8::MAX) {
             (min, Distance(U256::MAX))
         } else {
             let max = Distance(U256::pow(U256::from(2), U256::from(self.0 + 1)) - 1);