diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index b52cad1..e651fd9 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
   get_url:
     url: https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/download/{{atom_release}}/atom-amd64.deb
     dest: /opt/atom-amd64.deb
-    checksum: "{{atom_deb_checksum}}"
 
 - name: install atom
   apt:
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index df2c2cb..358307a 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-atom_release: v1.21.2
-atom_deb_checksum: sha512:da4a8c8863cf551999043a5c868b7ccfea76f1b928f9a13920438547c094a9dabc6859026a32fdcccf7192988a0c3942ce9a21e0a140298f0b7e601a4b7d0e9d
+atom_release: v1.22.0