diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1f10dd1..8478ce9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8.11)
 
 # Project properties
 PROJECT(qtspell)
-SET(QTSPELL_VERSION 0.8.1)
+SET(QTSPELL_VERSION 0.8.2)
 
 
 # Soname
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a3e49e9..ab5f0cb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+qtspell 0.8.2 (Sep 08 2016):
+* Fix ampersands of mnemonics ending up in replaced text when picking suggestion from context menu
+
 qtspell 0.8.1 (Nov 16 2015):
 * Fix encoding issues in strings returned by Checker::getSpellingSuggestions