diff --git a/docs/changelog.asciidoc b/docs/changelog.asciidoc
index ba5ec954f..9d0d1c2dd 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/changelog.asciidoc
@@ -1,6 +1,35 @@
 [[changelog-client]]
 == Release notes
 
+[discrete]
+=== 8.2.1
+
+[discrete]
+==== Fixes
+
+[discrete]
+===== Support for Elasticsearch `v8.2.1`
+
+You can find all the API changes
+https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.2/release-notes-8.2.1.html[here].
+
+[discrete]
+===== Fix ndjson APIs https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-js/pull/1688[#1688]
+
+The previous release contained a bug that broken ndjson APIs.
+We have released `v8.2.0-patch.1` to address this.
+This fix is the same as the one we have released and we storngly recommend upgrading to this version.
+
+[discrete]
+===== Fix node shutdown apis https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-js/pull/1697[#1697]
+
+The shutdown APIs wheren't complete, this fix completes them.
+
+[discrete]
+==== Types: move query keys to body https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-js/pull/1693[#1693]
+
+The types definitions where wrongly representing the types of fields present in both query and body.
+
 [discrete]
 === 8.2.0
 
diff --git a/src/helpers.ts b/src/helpers.ts
index a96de9c7f..7df2016f2 100644
--- a/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/helpers.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/promise-function-async */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-type-assertion */
 
 import assert from 'assert'
 import { promisify } from 'util'