diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0a2edac2..e6139305 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # also update the version number in the m4 macros below
 
-AC_INIT([vips], [8.1.0], [vipsip@jiscmail.ac.uk])
+AC_INIT([vips], [8.2.0], [vipsip@jiscmail.ac.uk])
 # required for gobject-introspection
 AC_PREREQ(2.62)
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
 # user-visible library versioning
 m4_define([vips_major_version], [8])
-m4_define([vips_minor_version], [1])
+m4_define([vips_minor_version], [2])
 m4_define([vips_micro_version], [0])
 m4_define([vips_version],
           [vips_major_version.vips_minor_version.vips_micro_version])
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ VIPS_VERSION_STRING=$VIPS_VERSION-`date`
 #   binary interface changes backwards compatible?: increment age
 #   binary interface changes not backwards compatible?: reset age to 0
 
-LIBRARY_CURRENT=42
+LIBRARY_CURRENT=43
 LIBRARY_REVISION=0
-LIBRARY_AGE=0
+LIBRARY_AGE=1
 
 # patched into include/vips/version.h
 AC_SUBST(VIPS_VERSION)
diff --git a/doc/libvips-docs.xml b/doc/libvips-docs.xml
index 4b6ebb80..7020e734 100644
--- a/doc/libvips-docs.xml
+++ b/doc/libvips-docs.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <bookinfo>
     <title>VIPS Reference Manual</title>
     <releaseinfo>
-      For VIPS 8.1.0.
+      For VIPS 8.2.0.
       The latest version of this documentation can be found on the 
       <ulink role="online-location"
         url="http://www.vips.ecs.soton.ac.uk/index.php?title=Documentation">VIPS website</ulink>.