diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 2b685b3093f..84eb79ec166 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Changelog (Pillow)
 ==================
 
-8.2.0 (unreleased)
+8.2.0 (2021-04-01)
 ------------------
 
 - Added getxmp() method #5144
diff --git a/src/PIL/_version.py b/src/PIL/_version.py
index 20e8754a407..8fe6294f1d1 100644
--- a/src/PIL/_version.py
+++ b/src/PIL/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Master version for Pillow
-__version__ = "8.2.0.dev0"
+__version__ = "8.2.0"