diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7631398..af0f679 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,3 +33,6 @@
   - add feature for doing ecr lifecycle policy for image_config
     - variable enable_lifecycle_policy_image_config
     - variable lifecycle_policy_keep_count
+
+* 2.2.1 -- 2024-07-19
+  - add force_delete to destory a repo even if it has images (default false)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 86b2745..6fb063a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ No modules.
 | <a name="input_destination_username"></a> [destination\_username](#input\_destination\_username) | OCI destination repository username | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_enable_lifecycle_policy"></a> [enable\_lifecycle\_policy](#input\_enable\_lifecycle\_policy) | Flag to enable/disable ECR lifecycle policy.  If enabled, default is 5 most recent images (count) | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_enable_lifecycle_policy_image_config"></a> [enable\_lifecycle\_policy\_image\_config](#input\_enable\_lifecycle\_policy\_image\_config) | Flag to enable/disable ECR lifecycle policy for images in the image\_config.  If enabled, it will keep lifecycle\_policy\_keep\_count (default: 5) images | `bool` | `true` | no |
+| <a name="input_force_delete"></a> [force\_delete](#input\_force\_delete) | Flag to force delete of a repository even if contains images (warning!) | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_image_config"></a> [image\_config](#input\_image\_config) | List of image configuration objects to copy from SOURCE to DESTINATION | <pre>list(object({<br>    name            = string,<br>    tag             = string,<br>    dest_path       = string,<br>    source_registry = string,<br>    source_image    = string,<br>    source_tag      = string,<br>    enabled         = bool,<br>  }))</pre> | `[]` | no |
 | <a name="input_lifecycle_policy_all"></a> [lifecycle\_policy\_all](#input\_lifecycle\_policy\_all) | Flag to enable the same default policy (any, count of 5) if true | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_lifecycle_policy_default"></a> [lifecycle\_policy\_default](#input\_lifecycle\_policy\_default) | Object with settings for selecting repositories to apply a policy for 'any'.  Select repo list and number of images to keep (default: 5). | <pre>object({<br>    repos = list(string)<br>    count = optional(number, 5)<br>  })</pre> | <pre>{<br>  "count": 5,<br>  "repos": []<br>}</pre> | no |
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 9d1bf3a..68e0af3 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ resource "aws_ecr_repository" "image_repos" {
   image_scanning_configuration {
     scan_on_push = true
   }
+  force_delete = var.force_delete
 
   encryption_configuration {
     encryption_type = "KMS"
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index b64eadb..2ef6dca 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -136,3 +136,9 @@ variable "lifecycle_policy_explicit" {
     policy = null
   }
 }
+
+variable "force_delete" {
+  description = "Flag to force delete of a repository even if contains images (warning!)"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = false
+}
diff --git a/version.tf b/version.tf
index ac712ee..0a8d3e9 100644
--- a/version.tf
+++ b/version.tf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 locals {
   _module_name    = "aws-ecr-copy-images"
-  _module_version = "2.2.0"
+  _module_version = "2.2.1"
 }