diff --git a/releases/v2.8.2-beta.toml b/releases/v2.8.2.toml
similarity index 80%
rename from releases/v2.8.2-beta.toml
rename to releases/v2.8.2.toml
index 609a83c3..9cf5c104 100644
--- a/releases/v2.8.2-beta.toml
+++ b/releases/v2.8.2.toml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ previous = "v2.8.1"
 pre_release = false
 
 preface = """\
-Welcome to the 2.8.2-beta.2 release of registry!
+Welcome to the 2.8.2 release of registry!
 
-The 2.8.2-beta.2 registry release fixes several security vulnerabilities.
+The 2.8.2 registry release fixes several security vulnerabilities.
 The Go runtime has been bumped to 1.19.
 
 See the changelog below for full list of changes.
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ See the changelog below for full list of changes.
 
 * Fix panic in inmemory driver ([#3815](https://github.com/distribution/distribution/pull/3815))
 * Add code to handle pagination of parts. Fixes max layer size of 10GB bug ([#3893](https://github.com/distribution/distribution/pull/3893))
+* Parse http forbidden as denied ([#3914](https://github.com/distribution/distribution/pull/3914))
+* Revert "registry/client: set Accept: identity header when getting layers ([#3783](https://github.com/distribution/distribution/pull/3783))
 
 ### Runtime
 
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index daba7c16..567610d9 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var Package = "github.com/docker/distribution"
 // the latest release tag by hand, always suffixed by "+unknown". During
 // build, it will be replaced by the actual version. The value here will be
 // used if the registry is run after a go get based install.
-var Version = "v2.8.2-beta.2+unknown"
+var Version = "v2.8.2+unknown"
 
 // Revision is filled with the VCS (e.g. git) revision being used to build
 // the program at linking time.