diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 844fd2f7..3c68729d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# 8.2.0
+* Added `ConnectionConfiguration` sink option to customize SqlConnection before use (thanks to @nhart12)
+
 # 8.1.1
 * Fixed concurrency issue #607 in audit sink
 
diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.MSSqlServer/Serilog.Sinks.MSSqlServer.csproj b/src/Serilog.Sinks.MSSqlServer/Serilog.Sinks.MSSqlServer.csproj
index 3b02cc3b..d4a75b91 100644
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.MSSqlServer/Serilog.Sinks.MSSqlServer.csproj
+++ b/src/Serilog.Sinks.MSSqlServer/Serilog.Sinks.MSSqlServer.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>A Serilog sink that writes events to Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL</Description>
-    <VersionPrefix>8.1.2</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>8.2.0</VersionPrefix>
     <EnablePackageValidation>true</EnablePackageValidation>
     <PackageValidationBaselineVersion>8.0.0</PackageValidationBaselineVersion>
     <Authors>Michiel van Oudheusden;Christian Kadluba;Serilog Contributors</Authors>