diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a1b0de4b..c14911193 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10.2 FATAL_ERROR)
 #============================================================================
 # Initialize the project
 #============================================================================
-project(ignition-transport8 VERSION 8.1.0)
+project(ignition-transport8 VERSION 8.2.0)
 
 #============================================================================
 # Find ignition-cmake
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ endif()
 
 #--------------------------------------
 # Find ignition-msgs
-ign_find_package(ignition-msgs5 REQUIRED VERSION 5.5)
+ign_find_package(ignition-msgs5 REQUIRED VERSION 5.6)
 set(IGN_MSGS_VER ${ignition-msgs5_VERSION_MAJOR})
 
 #--------------------------------------
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 4ad09e693..36e5a55e7 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 ## Ignition Transport 8
 
+### Ignition Transport 8.2.0 (2020-01-05)
+
+1. All changes up to version 7.5.1.
+
+1. Addition of topic statistics that can report number of dropped messages
+   and publication, age, and reception statistics.
+    * [Pull request 205](https://github.com/ignitionrobotics/ign-transport/pull/205)
+
 ### Ignition Transport 8.1.0 (2020-08-28)
 
 1. Fix ByteSize deprecation warnings for Protobuf 3.1+.