diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 22cbfc23b..2c44f7119 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1814,7 +1814,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gossip"
-version = "0.8.2-unstable"
+version = "0.8.2"
 dependencies = [
  "async-recursion",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 018e54114..a3b73e338 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "gossip"
-version = "0.8.2-unstable"
+version = "0.8.2"
 description = "A social media client for nostr"
 authors = ["Mike Dilger <mike@mikedilger.com>", "fiatjaf <fiatjaf@gmail.com>", "Nate Levin <natelevincycling@gmail.com>", "Nethanja Focking <nethanja@nethanja.de>", "Daniele Tonon <tonon@vitamino.it>", "jeremyd (@jeremyd)"]
 license = "MIT"