diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index edcafa2..4c9fa66 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ users may find useful:
     libraries like Shapely.
 * `version`: one of the WherobotsDB runtime versions that is available
     to you, if you need to pin your usage to a particular, supported
-    WherobotsDB version. Defaults to `"latest"`.
+    WherobotsDB version. Defaults to the latest, most-optimized version
+    of WherobotsDB available to your subscription.
 * `session_type`: `"single"` or `"multi"`; if set to `"single"`, then
     each call to `connect()` establishes an exclusive connection to a
     distinct and dedicated Wherobots runtime; if set to "multi", then
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 54201ba..42e82f7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "wherobots-python-dbapi"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.22.0"
 description = "Python DB-API driver for Wherobots DB"
 authors = [{ name = "Maxime Petazzoni", email = "max@wherobots.com" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.8, <4"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 8eb878c..d297756 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1593,7 +1593,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wherobots-python-dbapi"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.22.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "cbor2" },
diff --git a/wherobots/db/constants.py b/wherobots/db/constants.py
index 95f2555..8c3d9c7 100644
--- a/wherobots/db/constants.py
+++ b/wherobots/db/constants.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 DEFAULT_RUNTIME: Runtime = Runtime.TINY
 DEFAULT_REGION: Region = Region.AWS_US_WEST_2
-DEFAULT_VERSION: str = "latest"
 DEFAULT_SESSION_TYPE: SessionType = SessionType.MULTI
 DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: float = 0.25
 DEFAULT_SESSION_WAIT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: float = 900
diff --git a/wherobots/db/driver.py b/wherobots/db/driver.py
index ef26191..5470f06 100644
--- a/wherobots/db/driver.py
+++ b/wherobots/db/driver.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
     DEFAULT_SESSION_TYPE,
     DEFAULT_SESSION_WAIT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
-    DEFAULT_VERSION,
     MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE,
     PARAM_STYLE,
     PROTOCOL_VERSION,
@@ -88,14 +87,13 @@ def connect(
     host = host or DEFAULT_ENDPOINT
     runtime = runtime or DEFAULT_RUNTIME
     region = region or DEFAULT_REGION
-    version = version or DEFAULT_VERSION
     session_type = session_type or DEFAULT_SESSION_TYPE
 
     logging.info(
-        "Requesting %s%s runtime running %s in %s from %s ...",
+        "Requesting %s%s runtime %sin %s from %s ...",
         "new " if force_new else "",
         runtime.value,
-        version,
+        f"running {version} " if version else "",
         region.value,
         host,
     )