diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6f4eebdf6f..100435be13 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.1
+0.8.2
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/Makefile b/src/ifcopenshell-python/Makefile
index 26f6fa2c93..44a08b2c96 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/Makefile
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/Makefile
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ endif
 	cp ../../README.md build/
 	cp pyproject.toml build/
 ifeq ($(IS_STABLE), TRUE)
-	$(SED) 's/version = "0.0.0"/version = "$(VERSION).post1"/' build/pyproject.toml
-	$(SED) 's/version = "0.0.0"/version = "$(VERSION).post1"/' build/ifcopenshell/__init__.py
+	$(SED) 's/version = "0.0.0"/version = "$(VERSION)"/' build/pyproject.toml
+	$(SED) 's/version = "0.0.0"/version = "$(VERSION)"/' build/ifcopenshell/__init__.py
 else
 	$(SED) 's/version = "0.0.0"/version = "$(VERSION)a$(VERSION_DATE)"/' build/pyproject.toml
 	$(SED) 's/version = "0.0.0"/version = "$(VERSION)-alpha$(VERSION_DATE)"/' build/ifcopenshell/__init__.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ endif
 	cd build && . env/$(VENV_ACTIVATE) && $(PYTHON) -m build
 
 ifeq ($(IS_STABLE), TRUE)
-	mv build/dist/ifcopenshell-*.whl dist/ifcopenshell-$(VERSION).post1-$(PYVERSION)-none-$(PLATFORMTAG).whl
+	mv build/dist/ifcopenshell-*.whl dist/ifcopenshell-$(VERSION)-$(PYVERSION)-none-$(PLATFORMTAG).whl
 else
 	cp build/dist/ifcopenshell-*.whl dist/ifcopenshell-$(VERSION)a$(VERSION_DATE)-$(PYVERSION)-none-$(PLATFORMTAG).whl
 endif