diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index d3bf5b0..137a60d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.8.3 - 2018-11-11
+
+ * #223 - update default TLS version to 1.2 and support overriding via tls_options (thanks @duczen)
+ * #219 - fix py.test deprecated parameterization
+ * #217/#218 - python 3 fixes (`mpub`, `AsyncConn`)
+ * #214 - remove python 2.6 support
+ * #216 - update PyPI address in docs (thanks @aaronjheng)
+ * #212 - fix python 3.7 `async` keyword conflict
+ * #211/#213/#220/#225 - misc test/CI related fixes
+ * #210 - fix snappy/deflate high CPU load on disconnection (thanks @zexxonn)
+ * #208 - fix sending snappy/deflate compressed data (thanks @SpaTmole)
+ * #201 - specify tornado version in setup (thanks @jphines)
+ * #200 - update URL for NSQ protocol in docs (thanks @mecforlove)
+
 ## 0.8.2 - 2018-02-01
 
  * #195 - compatibility with tornado 4.5 (thanks @ayamnikov)
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 5637d21..f78a159 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '0.8'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.8.3-alpha'
+release = '0.8.3'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/nsq/version.py b/nsq/version.py
index ef0a83d..fb9c6b7 100644
--- a/nsq/version.py
+++ b/nsq/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # also update in setup.py
-__version__ = '0.8.3-alpha'
+__version__ = '0.8.3'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5e3c1ef..3f72780 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
 
 
 # also update in nsq/version.py
-version = '0.8.3-alpha'
+version = '0.8.3'
 
 
 setup(