diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index 4b241cdd6..303e6b8e1 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+
+## 0.82.0
+
 🚨 This is probably the last release (or one of the last releases) to support Python 3.6. 🔥
 
 Python 3.6 reached the [end-of-life and is no longer supported by Python](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3615/) since around a year ago.
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index 3688ec89f..c50543bf9 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.81.0"
+__version__ = "0.82.0"
 
 from starlette import status as status