diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a9776b5..934ae3f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+* fuse-overlayfs-1.8.2
+
+- main: fix lookup if underlying path is a symlink, but a directory on
+  a upper directory.
+
 * fuse-overlayfs-1.8.1
 
 - main: fix race when looking up an inode that was renamed.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 993d52d..326e2b1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([fuse-overlayfs], [1.9-dev], [giuseppe@scrivano.org])
+AC_INIT([fuse-overlayfs], [1.8.2], [giuseppe@scrivano.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])