diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c15168dd..b96c54ff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# Addressable 2.8.2
+- Improve cache hits and JIT friendliness ([#486](https://github.com/sporkmonger/addressable/pull/486))
+- Improve code style and test coverage ([#482](https://github.com/sporkmonger/addressable/pull/482))
+- Ensure reset of deferred validation ([#481](https://github.com/sporkmonger/addressable/pull/481))
+
 # Addressable 2.8.1
 - refactor `Addressable::URI.normalize_path` to address linter offenses ([#430](https://github.com/sporkmonger/addressable/pull/430))
 - remove redundant colon in `Addressable::URI::CharacterClasses::AUTHORITY` regex ([#438](https://github.com/sporkmonger/addressable/pull/438))
diff --git a/addressable.gemspec b/addressable.gemspec
index d51f4655..880a40b7 100644
--- a/addressable.gemspec
+++ b/addressable.gemspec
@@ -1,35 +1,28 @@
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
-# stub: addressable 2.8.1 ruby lib
+# stub: addressable 2.8.2 ruby lib
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "addressable".freeze
-  s.version = "2.8.1"
+  s.version = "2.8.2"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0".freeze) if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.metadata = { "changelog_uri" => "https://github.com/sporkmonger/addressable/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md" } if s.respond_to? :metadata=
   s.require_paths = ["lib".freeze]
   s.authors = ["Bob Aman".freeze]
-  s.date = "2022-08-19"
+  s.date = "2023-03-04"
   s.description = "Addressable is an alternative implementation to the URI implementation that is\npart of Ruby's standard library. It is flexible, offers heuristic parsing, and\nadditionally provides extensive support for IRIs and URI templates.\n".freeze
   s.email = "bob@sporkmonger.com".freeze
   s.extra_rdoc_files = ["README.md".freeze]
-  s.files = ["CHANGELOG.md".freeze, "Gemfile".freeze, "LICENSE.txt".freeze, "README.md".freeze, "Rakefile".freeze, "data/unicode.data".freeze, "lib/addressable".freeze, "lib/addressable.rb".freeze, "lib/addressable/idna".freeze, "lib/addressable/idna.rb".freeze, "lib/addressable/idna/native.rb".freeze, "lib/addressable/idna/pure.rb".freeze, "lib/addressable/template.rb".freeze, "lib/addressable/uri.rb".freeze, "lib/addressable/version.rb".freeze, "spec/addressable".freeze, "spec/addressable/idna_spec.rb".freeze, "spec/addressable/net_http_compat_spec.rb".freeze, "spec/addressable/security_spec.rb".freeze, "spec/addressable/template_spec.rb".freeze, "spec/addressable/uri_spec.rb".freeze, "spec/spec_helper.rb".freeze, "tasks/clobber.rake".freeze, "tasks/gem.rake".freeze, "tasks/git.rake".freeze, "tasks/metrics.rake".freeze, "tasks/profile.rake".freeze, "tasks/rspec.rake".freeze, "tasks/yard.rake".freeze]
+  s.files = ["CHANGELOG.md".freeze, "Gemfile".freeze, "LICENSE.txt".freeze, "README.md".freeze, "Rakefile".freeze, "addressable.gemspec".freeze, "benchmark".freeze, "data".freeze, "data/unicode.data".freeze, "gemfiles".freeze, "lib".freeze, "lib/addressable".freeze, "lib/addressable.rb".freeze, "lib/addressable/idna".freeze, "lib/addressable/idna.rb".freeze, "lib/addressable/idna/native.rb".freeze, "lib/addressable/idna/pure.rb".freeze, "lib/addressable/template.rb".freeze, "lib/addressable/uri.rb".freeze, "lib/addressable/version.rb".freeze, "spec".freeze, "spec/addressable".freeze, "spec/addressable/idna_spec.rb".freeze, "spec/addressable/net_http_compat_spec.rb".freeze, "spec/addressable/security_spec.rb".freeze, "spec/addressable/template_spec.rb".freeze, "spec/addressable/uri_spec.rb".freeze, "spec/spec_helper.rb".freeze, "tasks".freeze, "tasks/clobber.rake".freeze, "tasks/gem.rake".freeze, "tasks/git.rake".freeze, "tasks/metrics.rake".freeze, "tasks/profile.rake".freeze, "tasks/rspec.rake".freeze, "tasks/yard.rake".freeze]
   s.homepage = "https://github.com/sporkmonger/addressable".freeze
   s.licenses = ["Apache-2.0".freeze]
   s.rdoc_options = ["--main".freeze, "README.md".freeze]
   s.required_ruby_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 2.2".freeze)
-  s.rubygems_version = "3.3.7".freeze
+  s.rubygems_version = "3.4.7".freeze
   s.summary = "URI Implementation".freeze
 
-  if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
-    s.specification_version = 4
-  end
+  s.specification_version = 4
 
-  if s.respond_to? :add_runtime_dependency then
-    s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<public_suffix>.freeze, [">= 2.0.2", "< 6.0"])
-    s.add_development_dependency(%q<bundler>.freeze, [">= 1.0", "< 3.0"])
-  else
-    s.add_dependency(%q<public_suffix>.freeze, [">= 2.0.2", "< 6.0"])
-    s.add_dependency(%q<bundler>.freeze, [">= 1.0", "< 3.0"])
-  end
+  s.add_runtime_dependency(%q<public_suffix>.freeze, [">= 2.0.2", "< 6.0"])
+  s.add_development_dependency(%q<bundler>.freeze, [">= 1.0", "< 3.0"])
 end
diff --git a/lib/addressable/version.rb b/lib/addressable/version.rb
index d8e1644b..6e7fb78d 100644
--- a/lib/addressable/version.rb
+++ b/lib/addressable/version.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module Addressable
     module VERSION
       MAJOR = 2
       MINOR = 8
-      TINY  = 1
+      TINY  = 2
 
       STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY].join('.')
     end