diff --git a/.pipelines/templates/build-image-redactor.yml b/.pipelines/templates/build-image-redactor.yml
index 5da68327e..8f408c215 100644
--- a/.pipelines/templates/build-image-redactor.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/templates/build-image-redactor.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ steps:
               set -eux  # fail on error
               pipenv install --deploy --dev
               pipenv run python -m spacy download en_core_web_lg
-              pipenv run pip install -e ../presidio-analyzer/. # Use the existing analyzer and not the one in PyPI
+              pipenv run pip install -e ../presidio-analyzer/.
     - template: ./build-python.yml
       parameters:
           SERVICE: 'Image-Redactor'
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a9de2a3c6..713be5cbe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [2.2.4] - Nov. 2nd 2024
+### Changed
+#### Analyzer
+* Hotfix for the default.yaml file which is not parsed correctly (#1202)
+
 ## [2.2.34] - Oct. 30th 2024
 
 ### Added
@@ -286,7 +291,8 @@ Upgrade Analyzer spacy version to 3.0.5
 #### Deanonymize:
 New endpoint for deanonymizing encrypted entities by the anonymizer.
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/microsoft/presidio/compare/2.2.33...HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/microsoft/presidio/compare/2.2.4...HEAD
+[2.2.4]: https://github.com/microsoft/presidio/compare/2.2.34...2.2.4
 [2.2.34]: https://github.com/microsoft/presidio/compare/2.2.33...2.2.34
 [2.2.33]: https://github.com/microsoft/presidio/compare/2.2.32...2.2.33
 [2.2.32]: https://github.com/microsoft/presidio/compare/2.2.31...2.2.32
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ae43e2b0a..530cdd91a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.2.35
+2.2.4
diff --git a/presidio-analyzer/conf/spacy.yaml b/presidio-analyzer/conf/spacy.yaml
index 3139ba356..f315d304c 100644
--- a/presidio-analyzer/conf/spacy.yaml
+++ b/presidio-analyzer/conf/spacy.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ ner_model_configuration:
 
   low_confidence_score_multiplier: 0.4
   low_score_entity_names:
-
+  -
   labels_to_ignore:
   - ORG
   - ORGANIZATION # has many false positives