diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7632395cb..9e3ab0066 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2003-2025 Sébastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org>
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2003-2026 Sébastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org>
 
 SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 -->
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 - relay/api: fix memory leaks in resources "ping" and "sync"
 - relay/api: fix memory leak in receive of message from remote WeeChat
 
+## Version 4.8.2 (2026-03-06)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- irc: ignore self join if the channel is already joined ([#2291](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/2291))
+- relay/api: fix memory leaks in resources "ping" and "sync"
+- relay/api: fix memory leak in receive of message from remote WeeChat
+
 ## Version 4.8.1 (2025-12-01)
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index f60a55b7c..c03f8dfbb 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2025 Sébastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org>
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015-2026 Sébastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org>
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 #
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #     devel-number   the devel version as hex number ("0x04010000" for "4.1.0-dev")
 #
 
-weechat_stable="4.8.1"
+weechat_stable="4.8.2"
 weechat_devel="4.9.0-dev"
 
 stable_major=$(echo "${weechat_stable}" | cut -d"." -f1)