diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6494ebf..f05e436 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 0.8.2 (unreleased)
+## 0.8.2 (2026-02-25)
 
 - Fixed buffer overflow with parallel HNSW index build
 - Improved `install` target on Windows
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7e06759..821fa23 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ARG DEBIAN_CODENAME=bookworm
 FROM postgres:$PG_MAJOR-$DEBIAN_CODENAME
 ARG PG_MAJOR
 
-ADD https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git#v0.8.1 /tmp/pgvector
+ADD https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git#v0.8.2 /tmp/pgvector
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
 		apt-mark hold locales && \
diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index 343518d..55c7f38 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"name": "vector",
 	"abstract": "Open-source vector similarity search for Postgres",
 	"description": "Supports L2 distance, inner product, and cosine distance",
-	"version": "0.8.1",
+	"version": "0.8.2",
 	"maintainer": [
 		"Andrew Kane <andrew@ankane.org>"
 	],
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 		"vector": {
 			"file": "sql/vector.sql",
 			"docfile": "README.md",
-			"version": "0.8.1",
+			"version": "0.8.2",
 			"abstract": "Open-source vector similarity search for Postgres"
 		}
 	},
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f9a2b15..8bedb89 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 EXTENSION = vector
-EXTVERSION = 0.8.1
+EXTVERSION = 0.8.2
 
 MODULE_big = vector
 DATA = $(wildcard sql/*--*--*.sql)
diff --git a/Makefile.win b/Makefile.win
index 9d4cbe8..9256921 100644
--- a/Makefile.win
+++ b/Makefile.win
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 EXTENSION = vector
-EXTVERSION = 0.8.1
+EXTVERSION = 0.8.2
 
 DATA_built = sql\$(EXTENSION)--$(EXTVERSION).sql
 OBJS = src\bitutils.obj src\bitvec.obj src\halfutils.obj src\halfvec.obj src\hnsw.obj src\hnswbuild.obj src\hnswinsert.obj src\hnswscan.obj src\hnswutils.obj src\hnswvacuum.obj src\ivfbuild.obj src\ivfflat.obj src\ivfinsert.obj src\ivfkmeans.obj src\ivfscan.obj src\ivfutils.obj src\ivfvacuum.obj src\sparsevec.obj src\vector.obj
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f24eb92f..1a8de7e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Compile and install the extension (supports Postgres 13+)
 
 ```sh
 cd /tmp
-git clone --branch v0.8.1 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git
+git clone --branch v0.8.2 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git
 cd pgvector
 make
 make install # may need sudo
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Ensure [C++ support in Visual Studio](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/buil
 ```cmd
 set "PGROOT=C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\18"
 cd %TEMP%
-git clone --branch v0.8.1 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git
+git clone --branch v0.8.2 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git
 cd pgvector
 nmake /F Makefile.win
 nmake /F Makefile.win install
@@ -1152,23 +1152,23 @@ This adds pgvector to the [Postgres image](https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres) (r
 
 Supported tags are:
 
-- `pg18-trixie`, `0.8.1-pg18-trixie`
-- `pg18-bookworm`, `0.8.1-pg18-bookworm`, `pg18`, `0.8.1-pg18`
-- `pg17-trixie`, `0.8.1-pg17-trixie`
-- `pg17-bookworm`, `0.8.1-pg17-bookworm`, `pg17`, `0.8.1-pg17`
-- `pg16-trixie`, `0.8.1-pg16-trixie`
-- `pg16-bookworm`, `0.8.1-pg16-bookworm`, `pg16`, `0.8.1-pg16`
-- `pg15-trixie`, `0.8.1-pg15-trixie`
-- `pg15-bookworm`, `0.8.1-pg15-bookworm`, `pg15`, `0.8.1-pg15`
-- `pg14-trixie`, `0.8.1-pg14-trixie`
-- `pg14-bookworm`, `0.8.1-pg14-bookworm`, `pg14`, `0.8.1-pg14`
-- `pg13-trixie`, `0.8.1-pg13-trixie`
-- `pg13-bookworm`, `0.8.1-pg13-bookworm`, `pg13`, `0.8.1-pg13`
+- `pg18-trixie`, `0.8.2-pg18-trixie`
+- `pg18-bookworm`, `0.8.2-pg18-bookworm`, `pg18`, `0.8.2-pg18`
+- `pg17-trixie`, `0.8.2-pg17-trixie`
+- `pg17-bookworm`, `0.8.2-pg17-bookworm`, `pg17`, `0.8.2-pg17`
+- `pg16-trixie`, `0.8.2-pg16-trixie`
+- `pg16-bookworm`, `0.8.2-pg16-bookworm`, `pg16`, `0.8.2-pg16`
+- `pg15-trixie`, `0.8.2-pg15-trixie`
+- `pg15-bookworm`, `0.8.2-pg15-bookworm`, `pg15`, `0.8.2-pg15`
+- `pg14-trixie`, `0.8.2-pg14-trixie`
+- `pg14-bookworm`, `0.8.2-pg14-bookworm`, `pg14`, `0.8.2-pg14`
+- `pg13-trixie`, `0.8.2-pg13-trixie`
+- `pg13-bookworm`, `0.8.2-pg13-bookworm`, `pg13`, `0.8.2-pg13`
 
 You can also build the image manually:
 
 ```sh
-git clone --branch v0.8.1 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git
+git clone --branch v0.8.2 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git
 cd pgvector
 docker build --pull --build-arg PG_MAJOR=18 -t myuser/pgvector .
 ```
diff --git a/sql/vector--0.8.1--0.8.2.sql b/sql/vector--0.8.1--0.8.2.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7730a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/vector--0.8.1--0.8.2.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-- complain if script is sourced in psql, rather than via CREATE EXTENSION
+\echo Use "ALTER EXTENSION vector UPDATE TO '0.8.2'" to load this file. \quit
diff --git a/src/vector.c b/src/vector.c
index 96dcb76..b8c2953 100644
--- a/src/vector.c
+++ b/src/vector.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 180000
-PG_MODULE_MAGIC_EXT(.name = "vector",.version = "0.8.1");
+PG_MODULE_MAGIC_EXT(.name = "vector",.version = "0.8.2");
 #else
 PG_MODULE_MAGIC;
 #endif
diff --git a/vector.control b/vector.control
index 2ad0228..d2aea74 100644
--- a/vector.control
+++ b/vector.control
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 comment = 'vector data type and ivfflat and hnsw access methods'
-default_version = '0.8.1'
+default_version = '0.8.2'
 module_pathname = '$libdir/vector'
 relocatable = true