diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9176ae88..1de920af 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Mechanize CHANGELOG
 
-## next / unreleased
+## 2.8.2 / 2021-08-06
 
 ### Dependencies
 
diff --git a/lib/mechanize/version.rb b/lib/mechanize/version.rb
index 5c2f9ca0..8dbba67e 100644
--- a/lib/mechanize/version.rb
+++ b/lib/mechanize/version.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 class Mechanize
-  VERSION = "2.8.1"
+  VERSION = "2.8.2"
 end