0.8.2
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 3114a41..9884fc2 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-0.8.1 - 21 May 2020
+0.8.2 - 21 May 2020
 -------------------
 * fix jaro_winkler/jaro_winkler_similarity mix-up
 * deprecate jaro_distance in favor of jaro_similarity
   backwards compatible shim left in place, will be removed in 1.0
+* (note: 0.8.1 was a broken release without proper C libraries)
 
 0.8.0 - 21 May 2020
 -------------------
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 8a15733..d248a46 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = "0.8"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "0.8.1"
+release = "0.8.2"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4068a30..34ea30d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 
     setup(
         name="jellyfish",
-        version="0.8.1",
+        version="0.8.2",
         python_requires=">3.4",
         platforms=["any"],
         description=(