diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ed62e51..d7740d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [8.2.1] - 2023-07-26
+### Changed
+- bump to curl 8.2.1
+
 ## [8.2.0] - 2023-07-19
 ### Changed
 - bump to curl 8.2.0
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 88dee36..797ed2e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.2.0
\ No newline at end of file
+8.2.1
\ No newline at end of file