diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b1f1e3553..c9ad84f62 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## Release 6.8.3
+
+- Allow PSR/2 [#1154](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php/pull/1154)
+- Fixed PHP 8 deprecation notice [3d2d852](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php/commit/3d2d8527f74a05f08bcbfdc3d8da897b9d4e412e)
+
+
 ## Release 6.8.2
 
 - Fix #1131 class naming for some endpoints used in `elasticsearch-php` < 6.8.
diff --git a/src/Elasticsearch/Client.php b/src/Elasticsearch/Client.php
index dba53c2e4..f41334e58 100644
--- a/src/Elasticsearch/Client.php
+++ b/src/Elasticsearch/Client.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
  */
 class Client
 {
-    const VERSION = '6.8.2';
+    const VERSION = '6.8.3';
 
     /**
      * @var Transport