diff --git a/mers/Cargo.toml b/mers/Cargo.toml
index ff5e524..aadade0 100644
--- a/mers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mers/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "mers"
-version = "0.8.1"
+version = "0.8.2"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 description = "dynamically typed but type-checked programming language"