diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 774c296..4c1a6cc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+
+## [v0.8.3]
+
+**Release date: 2021-11-03**
+
 ### Fixed
 
 * `wn.lmf` now serialized DC and non-DC metadata correctly ([#148])
@@ -398,6 +403,7 @@ the https://github.com/nltk/wordnet/ code which had been effectively
 abandoned, but this is an entirely new codebase.
 
 
+[v0.8.3]: ../../releases/tag/v0.8.3
 [v0.8.2]: ../../releases/tag/v0.8.2
 [v0.8.1]: ../../releases/tag/v0.8.1
 [v0.8.0]: ../../releases/tag/v0.8.0
diff --git a/wn/__init__.py b/wn/__init__.py
index 2a163db..c07178c 100644
--- a/wn/__init__.py
+++ b/wn/__init__.py
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@
     Wordnet
 )
 
-__version__ = '0.8.2'
+__version__ = '0.8.3'