diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 0957af637..f36296454 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@
   they stand out in the output.
   Thanks Gabriel Reis for the PR.
 
+- add more talks to the documentation
+- extend documentation on the --ignore cli option 
+- use pytest-runner for setuptools integration 
+- minor fixes for interaction with elcapitan system integrity protection (thanks Florian)
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 2.8.2
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diff --git a/_pytest/__init__.py b/_pytest/__init__.py
index 531a64977..613e036d3 100644
--- a/_pytest/__init__.py
+++ b/_pytest/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #
-__version__ = '2.8.3.dev1'
+__version__ = '2.8.3'