diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 02a4d498..c44e2fac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ Unreleased
 
 ### SDK Bugs
 
+Release v1.8.2 (2023-09-28)
+================================
+### SDK Enhancements
+* Change how SDK sets the context for AWS SDK calls [#PR 418](https://github.com/aws/aws-xray-sdk-go/pull/418)
+
+### SDK Bugs
+*  Suppress Panic in Emitter [#PR 419](https://github.com/aws/aws-xray-sdk-go/pull/419)
+
+
 Release v1.8.1 (2023-02-27)
 ================================
 ### SDK Enhancements
diff --git a/xray/config.go b/xray/config.go
index 85e0b081..23965194 100644
--- a/xray/config.go
+++ b/xray/config.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // SDKVersion records the current X-Ray Go SDK version.
-const SDKVersion = "1.8.1"
+const SDKVersion = "1.8.2"
 
 // SDKType records which X-Ray SDK customer uses.
 const SDKType = "X-Ray for Go"