diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 54736c8..f59c11c 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "8.1.1"
+  ".": "8.2.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8ba1208..9bcc638 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [8.2.0](https://github.com/npm/init-package-json/compare/v8.1.1...v8.2.0) (2025-05-05)
+### Features
+* [`8f6d95d`](https://github.com/npm/init-package-json/commit/8f6d95d539a0e5334a2452869ab39738d50c2652) [#329](https://github.com/npm/init-package-json/pull/329) add new test packages (#329) (@wraithgar)
+### Bug Fixes
+* [`23c5eb9`](https://github.com/npm/init-package-json/commit/23c5eb9e5948f5888844c351a57f3d7f500b342f) [#327](https://github.com/npm/init-package-json/pull/327) Use the private value as long as it isn't undefined (#327) (@owlstronaut)
+
 ## [8.1.1](https://github.com/npm/init-package-json/compare/v8.1.0...v8.1.1) (2025-04-23)
 ### Bug Fixes
 * [`52b3766`](https://github.com/npm/init-package-json/commit/52b37660aa87e67261a6e63ab3b6f6d32c358a99) [#324](https://github.com/npm/init-package-json/pull/324) make private only effective when set to true, handle existing packages (#324) (@owlstronaut)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a579f97..0fbaf9b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "init-package-json",
-  "version": "8.1.1",
+  "version": "8.2.0",
   "main": "lib/init-package-json.js",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "tap",