diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 02f17d9..2e1c40e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.8.1"
+  ".": "0.8.2"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d7ffac3..f726112 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.8.2](https://github.com/devr-tools/codeguard/compare/v0.8.1...v0.8.2) (2026-07-16)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **quality:** keep exec error in coverage-command failure chain ([0666e42](https://github.com/devr-tools/codeguard/commit/0666e42bfcf237310c33dd0a79a23fd50df25b17))
+* **security:** surface invalid secret patterns instead of silently dropping them ([5445fde](https://github.com/devr-tools/codeguard/commit/5445fdeb8da732682a9f7f6cccd62ed648eb7ac2))
+
 ## [0.8.1](https://github.com/devr-tools/codeguard/compare/v0.8.0...v0.8.1) (2026-07-03)