diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3a28fa0a0..ad4ad1fb0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,28 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [8.2.0](https://github.com/zip-rs/zip2/compare/v8.1.0...v8.2.0) - 2026-03-02
+
+### <!-- 0 -->🚀 Features
+
+- allow custom salt ([#680](https://github.com/zip-rs/zip2/pull/680))
+- Support compressing bzip2 when feature `bzip2-rs` is enabled, since `bzip2/bzip2-sys` now supports it ([#685](https://github.com/zip-rs/zip2/pull/685))
+- enforce clippy in CI ([#674](https://github.com/zip-rs/zip2/pull/674))
+
+### <!-- 1 -->🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- zip64 central header (issue 617) ([#629](https://github.com/zip-rs/zip2/pull/629))
+- allow aes password as bytes ([#686](https://github.com/zip-rs/zip2/pull/686))
+- handle extra field padding ([#682](https://github.com/zip-rs/zip2/pull/682))
+
+### <!-- 2 -->🚜 Refactor
+
+- Simplify 2 type conversions in src/write.rs ([#687](https://github.com/zip-rs/zip2/pull/687))
+
+### <!-- 4 -->⚡ Performance
+
+- AI tweaks for string type conversions in src/types.rs ([#670](https://github.com/zip-rs/zip2/pull/670))
+
 ## [8.1.0](https://github.com/zip-rs/zip2/compare/v8.0.0...v8.1.0) - 2026-02-16
 
 ### <!-- 0 -->🚀 Features
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a479874b3..4be9a0e08 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "zip"
-version = "8.1.0"
+version = "8.2.0"
 authors = [
     "Mathijs van de Nes <git@mathijs.vd-nes.nl>",
     "Marli Frost <marli@frost.red>",