diff --git a/qiskit_machine_learning/VERSION.txt b/qiskit_machine_learning/VERSION.txt
index 6f4eebdf6..100435be1 100644
--- a/qiskit_machine_learning/VERSION.txt
+++ b/qiskit_machine_learning/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.1
+0.8.2