diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8b31c828ab2..2bb4558df46 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ The version headers in this history reflect the versions of Apollo Server itself
 
 - `apollo-server-core`: Add optional argument to `ApolloServer.executeOperation` allowing the caller to manually specify an argument to the `config` function analogous to that provided by integration packages. [PR #4166](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/pull/4166) [Issue #2886](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/issues/2886)
 
+## v2.22.2
+
+- `apollo-server-core`: Fix a regression in v2.22.0 where combining `apollo-server-core` v2.22 with an older version of an integration package could lead to startup errors like `called start() with surprising state invoking serverWillStart`. The fix involves changing the semantics of the protected `willStart` method (which is left in only for backwards compatibility). [Issue #5065](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/issues/5065) [Issue #5066](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/issues/5066) [PR #5073](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/pull/5073)
+
 ## v2.22.1
 
 - `apollo-server-core`: Fix a regression in v2.22.0 where startup errors could be thrown as part of the GraphQL response instead of redacted in one edge case. [PR #5064](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/pull/5064)
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-azure-functions/package.json b/packages/apollo-server-azure-functions/package.json
index fb50fa9cc2f..bffca771e5a 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-azure-functions/package.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-azure-functions/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "apollo-server-azure-functions",
-	"version": "2.22.1",
+	"version": "2.22.2",
 	"description": "Production-ready Node.js GraphQL server for Azure Functions",
 	"keywords": [
 		"GraphQL",
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-cloud-functions/package.json b/packages/apollo-server-cloud-functions/package.json
index 47e5567b398..0053925702b 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-cloud-functions/package.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-cloud-functions/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "apollo-server-cloud-functions",
-  "version": "2.22.1",
+  "version": "2.22.2",
   "description": "Production-ready Node.js GraphQL server for Google Cloud Functions",
   "keywords": [
     "GraphQL",
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-cloudflare/package.json b/packages/apollo-server-cloudflare/package.json
index 6b28cf9491a..baf4914cb4c 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-cloudflare/package.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-cloudflare/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "apollo-server-cloudflare",
-  "version": "2.22.1",
+  "version": "2.22.2",
   "description": "Production-ready Node.js GraphQL server for Cloudflare workers",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/package.json b/packages/apollo-server-core/package.json
index 47d09680487..ecca96d48ba 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "apollo-server-core",
-  "version": "2.22.1",
+  "version": "2.22.2",
   "description": "Core engine for Apollo GraphQL server",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/ApolloServer.ts b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/ApolloServer.ts
index 1b0b71e9267..69be426af58 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/ApolloServer.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/ApolloServer.ts
@@ -583,28 +583,27 @@ export class ApolloServerBase {
 
   /**
    * @deprecated This deprecated method is provided for backwards compatibility
-   * with the pre-v2.22 API. It could be used for purposes similar to `start` or
-   * `ensureStarting`, and was used by integrations. It had odd error handling
-   * semantics, in that it would ignore any error that came from loading the
-   * schema, but would throw errors that came from `serverWillStart`. Anyone
-   * calling it should call `start` or `ensureStarting` instead.
+   * with the pre-v2.22 API. It was sort of a combination of the v2.22 APIs
+   * `ensureStarting` and `start`; it was generally called "in the background"
+   * by integrations to kick off the start process (like `ensureStarting`) and
+   * then the Promise it returns was awaited later before running operations
+   * (sort of like `start`).  It had odd error handling semantics, in that it
+   * would ignore any error that came from loading the schema, but would throw
+   * errors that came from `serverWillStart`.
+   *
+   * We keep it around for backwards-compatibility with pre-v2.22 integrations,
+   * though we just make it call `ensureStarting`. This does mean that the part
+   * of the integration which awaits its result doesn't actually await anything
+   * interesting (despite being async, the method itself doesn't await
+   * anything), but since executing operations now calls `ensureStarted`, that's
+   * OK. (In v2.22.0 and v2.22.1 we tried to mimic the old `willStart` behavior
+   * more closely which led to a bug where `start` could be invoked multiple
+   * times. This approach is simpler.)
+   *
+   * Anyone calling this method should call `start` or `ensureStarting` instead.
    */
   protected async willStart() {
-    try {
-      this._start();
-    } catch (e) {
-      if (
-        this.state.phase === 'failed to start' &&
-        this.state.error === e &&
-        !this.state.loadedSchema
-      ) {
-        // For backwards compatibility with the odd semantics of the old
-        // willStart method, don't throw if the error occurred in loading the
-        // schema.
-        return;
-      }
-      throw e;
-    }
+    this.ensureStarting();
   }
 
   // Part of the backwards-compatibility behavior described above `start` to
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-express/package.json b/packages/apollo-server-express/package.json
index 5e00952efcd..0b63baa7700 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-express/package.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-express/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "apollo-server-express",
-  "version": "2.22.1",
+  "version": "2.22.2",
   "description": "Production-ready Node.js GraphQL server for Express and Connect",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-fastify/package.json b/packages/apollo-server-fastify/package.json
index b32de676d9c..badc4eea6d9 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-fastify/package.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-fastify/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "apollo-server-fastify",
-  "version": "2.22.1",
+  "version": "2.22.2",
   "description": "Production-ready Node.js GraphQL server for Fastify",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-hapi/package.json b/packages/apollo-server-hapi/package.json
index 13267933fe8..6940d0538cb 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-hapi/package.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-hapi/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "apollo-server-hapi",
-  "version": "2.22.1",
+  "version": "2.22.2",
   "description": "Production-ready Node.js GraphQL server for Hapi",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-integration-testsuite/package.json b/packages/apollo-server-integration-testsuite/package.json
index 664142d89f6..8a6c7de0436 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-integration-testsuite/package.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-integration-testsuite/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "apollo-server-integration-testsuite",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "2.22.1",
+  "version": "2.22.2",
   "description": "Apollo Server Integrations testsuite",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-koa/package.json b/packages/apollo-server-koa/package.json
index cb2a011ec08..c19dbdfe8fb 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-koa/package.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-koa/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "apollo-server-koa",
-  "version": "2.22.1",
+  "version": "2.22.2",
   "description": "Production-ready Node.js GraphQL server for Koa",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-lambda/package.json b/packages/apollo-server-lambda/package.json
index 6d7d58ce2e6..c7a5c7be2f8 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-lambda/package.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-lambda/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "apollo-server-lambda",
-  "version": "2.22.1",
+  "version": "2.22.2",
   "description": "Production-ready Node.js GraphQL server for AWS Lambda",
   "keywords": [
     "GraphQL",
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-micro/package.json b/packages/apollo-server-micro/package.json
index 5c96b833b86..8da1d17aaae 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-micro/package.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-micro/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "apollo-server-micro",
-  "version": "2.22.1",
+  "version": "2.22.2",
   "description": "Production-ready Node.js GraphQL server for Micro",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-testing/package.json b/packages/apollo-server-testing/package.json
index ff13d5d25fc..0b2801314fc 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-testing/package.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-testing/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "apollo-server-testing",
-  "version": "2.22.1",
+  "version": "2.22.2",
   "description": "Test utils for apollo-server",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server/package.json b/packages/apollo-server/package.json
index adfe43da974..0dcd2028405 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/apollo-server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "apollo-server",
-  "version": "2.22.1",
+  "version": "2.22.2",
   "description": "Production ready GraphQL Server",
   "author": "Apollo <opensource@apollographql.com>",
   "main": "dist/index.js",