diff --git a/VERSION.cmake b/VERSION.cmake
index 541cf3c76..96217d1a3 100644
--- a/VERSION.cmake
+++ b/VERSION.cmake
@@ -1 +1 @@
-set( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_STR  "2.8.1" )
+set( ${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_STR  "2.8.2" )
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index 0790813c6..8e6c47a00 100644
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ PACKAGE_NAME='eccodes'
 # Package version
 ECCODES_MAJOR_VERSION=2
 ECCODES_MINOR_VERSION=8
-ECCODES_REVISION_VERSION=1
+ECCODES_REVISION_VERSION=2
 
 ECCODES_CURRENT=1
 ECCODES_REVISION=0