diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 78336ff4..e579994d 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ matured nicely against the wlroots 0.18 series.
 
 Notes to package maintainers:
 - This version introduces the ext-workspace protocol which breaks xfce4-panel
-  4.20.0. Subsequent releases has a fix for this so make sure xfce4-panel is
+  4.20.0. There is a fix in subsequent releases so make sure xfce4-panel is
   shipped at >= 4.20.1.
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 79d65af4..a21c69bc 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'labwc',
   'c',
-  version: '0.8.2',
+  version: '0.8.3',
   license: 'GPL-2.0-only',
   meson_version: '>=0.59.0',
   default_options: [