diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d01137868f0632a8653f77505fb55b1ed4c65fe7..45658cb8c6a5b7c8ee30d009dafa67485904117b 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ which provides access to most API functionality.
 It works with Python 2.7, 3.3 and above, and supports MediaWiki 1.16 and above.
 For functions not available in the current MediaWiki, a ``MediaWikiVersionError`` is raised.
 
-The current stable `version 0.8.1 <https://github.com/mwclient/mwclient/archive/v0.8.1.zip>`_
-was released on 5 February 2016, and is `available through PyPI <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mwclient>`_:
+The current stable `version 0.8.2 <https://github.com/mwclient/mwclient/archive/v0.8.2.zip>`_
+was released on 23 October 2016, and is `available through PyPI <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mwclient>`_:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index 97c6c20b2ab817e09d4bfc8bb09ff7e20e954d7d..88dff0b0ee1b7f2bfe88a8637328e5962eb140e3 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Changes in version 0.8.2
 
-This is the development version of mwclient. You can review the
-[full list of changes since v0.8.1](https://github.com/mwclient/mwclient/compare/v0.8.1...master).
+Mwclient 0.8.2 was released on 23 October 2016.
+Release notes can be found [here](https://github.com/mwclient/mwclient/releases/tag/v0.8.2).
 
 ## Changes in version 0.8.1
 
diff --git a/mwclient/client.py b/mwclient/client.py
index cf7fce8a4edb304991959f00b63ee56152ceba95..76813296531df1b42cdcb2aadd10f973ca9fee13 100644
--- a/mwclient/client.py
+++ b/mwclient/client.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     gzip = None
 
-__ver__ = '0.8.2.dev1'
+__ver__ = '0.8.2'
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 66fd3958c1a4ed4a948a2499021b3b1f1696b796..9a9dbb356dbbd73896f6491f0f10d46996bfae4c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if sys.version_info < (2, 7):
     requirements.append('ordereddict')
 
 setup(name='mwclient',
-      version='0.8.2.dev1',  # Rember to also update __ver__ in client.py
+      version='0.8.2',  # Rember to also update __ver__ in client.py
       description='MediaWiki API client',
       long_description=README,
       classifiers=[