diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index f28168b..8f404be 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+v2.8.2
+
+* enable `debug_info` for rebar3
+
 v2.8.1
 
 * enable `debug_info` when used via mix
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 00af986..37590e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# jsx (v2.8.1) #
+# jsx (v2.8.2) #
 
 
 an erlang application for consuming, producing and manipulating [json][json]. 
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 1ccb3b6..2aed700 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use Mix.Project
   def project do
     [
       app: :jsx,
-      version: "2.8.1",
+      version: "2.8.2",
       description: "an erlang application for consuming, producing and manipulating json. inspired by yajl",
       deps: deps(Mix.env),
       package: package(),
diff --git a/src/jsx.app.src b/src/jsx.app.src
index 33acf4c..0837265 100644
--- a/src/jsx.app.src
+++ b/src/jsx.app.src
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {application, jsx,
 [
     {description, "a streaming, evented json parsing toolkit"},
-    {vsn, "2.8.1"},
+    {vsn, "2.8.2"},
     {modules, [
         jsx,
         jsx_encoder,