diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bf63b153..7f4414da 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "c2pa-python"
-version = "0.8.1"
+version = "0.8.2"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Gavin Peacock <gpeacock@adobe.com"]
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ crate-type = ["lib", "cdylib"]
 normal = ["openssl-src"]
 
 [dependencies]
-c2pa = { version = "0.49.2", features = ["file_io", "pdf", "fetch_remote_manifests"]}
+c2pa = { version = "0.49.3", features = ["file_io", "pdf", "fetch_remote_manifests"]}
 thiserror = "1.0.49"
 uniffi = "0.28.2"
 openssl-src = "=300.3.1" # Required for openssl-sys
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 60a1fcc7..73c81ebc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ build-python:
 
 test:
 	python3 ./tests/test_unit_tests.py
-	python3 ./tests/test_api.py
\ No newline at end of file
+	python3 ./tests/test_api.py
+
+publish: release
+	python3 -m pip install twine
+	python3 -m twine upload dist/*
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index ea46556c..8e805f2a 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def getitem(d, key):
 
 class TestC2paSdk(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_version(self):
-        assert version() == "0.8.0"
+        assert version() == "0.8.2"
 
     def test_sdk_version(self):
         assert "c2pa-rs/" in sdk_version()
diff --git a/tests/test_unit_tests.py b/tests/test_unit_tests.py
index 719f6b58..a3572bb6 100644
--- a/tests/test_unit_tests.py
+++ b/tests/test_unit_tests.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 class TestC2paSdk(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_version(self):
-        self.assertIn("0.8.0", sdk_version())
+        self.assertIn("0.8.2", sdk_version())
 
 
 class TestReader(unittest.TestCase):