diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cca4e8f..f37759a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 No unreleased changes yet!
 
+## [0.8.4] - 2025-05-14
+
+### Changed
+- Bug fix: `impl AutoSerialize for Complex` now properly generates types `c8` and `c16` instead of `c4` and `c8`.  Thanks @calder!
+- Bug fix: The public dependency `zip` is now properly re-exported.
+- Fixes some warnings generated by the `#[derive(...)]` macros in newer rust versions.
+
 ## [0.8.3] - 2023-12-23
 
 ### Added
@@ -106,7 +113,8 @@ This is an extremely minor update that just updates the README.
 - Adds `NpyReader` for reading from an `io::Read`
 - Adds `Builder` and `NpyWriter` for writing to an `io::Write`
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/ExpHP/npyz/compare/0.8.3...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/ExpHP/npyz/compare/0.8.4...HEAD
+[0.8.4]: https://github.com/ExpHP/npyz/compare/0.8.3...0.8.4
 [0.8.3]: https://github.com/ExpHP/npyz/compare/0.8.2...0.8.3
 [0.8.2]: https://github.com/ExpHP/npyz/compare/0.8.1...0.8.2
 [0.8.1]: https://github.com/ExpHP/npyz/compare/0.8.0...0.8.1
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a972f3f..286cd5f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "npyz"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = [
     "Michael Lamparski <diagonaldevice@gmail.com>",
diff --git a/derive/src/lib.rs b/derive/src/lib.rs
index 68a0482..9e4ada8 100644
--- a/derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -238,7 +238,9 @@ fn gen_field_dtypes_struct(
     }
 }
 
-// from the wonderful folks working on serde
+// from the wonderful folks working on serde.
+// By placing our generated impls inside a `const`, we can freely use `use`
+// and `extern crate` without them leaking into the module.
 fn wrap_in_const(
     trait_: &str,
     ty: &syn::Ident,
@@ -250,10 +252,13 @@ fn wrap_in_const(
     );
 
     quote! {
-        #[allow(non_upper_case_globals, unused_attributes, unused_qualifications)]
+        #[allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
+        #[allow(unused_attributes)]
+        #[allow(unused_qualifications)]
+        #[allow(non_local_definitions)]  // this warns on the impl-in-a-const technique, lol
         const #dummy_const: () = {
             #[allow(unknown_lints)]
-            #[cfg_attr(feature = "cargo-clippy", allow(useless_attribute))]
+            #[allow(clippy::useless_attribute)]
             #[allow(rust_2018_idioms)]
             extern crate npyz as _npyz;
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f057e3b..0e3e959 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ pub mod type_matchup_docs;
 pub use num_complex;
 #[cfg(feature = "arrayvec")]
 pub use arrayvec;
-#[cfg(feature = "zip")]
+#[cfg(feature = "npz")]
 pub use zip;
 #[cfg(feature = "half")]
 pub use half;
diff --git a/src/serialize/mod.rs b/src/serialize/mod.rs
index 1eb3490..5cfe95c 100644
--- a/src/serialize/mod.rs
+++ b/src/serialize/mod.rs
@@ -13,13 +13,11 @@ use traits::{helper, ErrorKind};
 #[macro_use]
 mod traits;
 
-pub use slice::*;
+pub use slice::FixedSizeBytes;
 mod slice;
 
-pub use primitive::*;
 mod primitive;
 
-pub use array_member::*;
 mod array_member;
 
 // helpers