diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/__init__.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
index 6e924ea9da..21e06f5483 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ from .engine import create_engine, engine_from_config
 __all__ = sorted(name for name, obj in locals().items()
                  if not (name.startswith('_') or _inspect.ismodule(obj)))
 
-__version__ = '0.8.1'
+__version__ = '0.8.2'
 
 del _inspect, sys