diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 251dbf50115ca99f9f181c2716af32d8334b4254..8d9bf148bfc0b20210411594dc3f24f88421c17e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+=======
+1.8.2 RELEASE (2024/06)
+Improvements and enhancements
+        - Introduced separate mitigation statistics for matched vs. dropped packets/bytes (JUNOS-specific use of firewall MIB for mitigation statistics)
+
 =======
 1.8.1 RELEASE (2023/11)
 Improvements and enhancements
diff --git a/_version.py b/_version.py
index 5f1f864f974daae2330d22721f0b15da4a1b6c7e..960fa5453de901419788eddab969a8948e0423b4 100644
--- a/_version.py
+++ b/_version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #VERSION = '1.5'
 #VERSION = '1.8.0'
-VERSION = '1.8.1'
+#VERSION = '1.8.1'
+VERSION = '1.8.2'
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print(VERSION)