v1.8.2

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Changed

• Updated Webpack 4 to Webpack 5, more details at (Update 1.x build tools #5629)
• crypto-browserify module is now used only in webpack builds for polyfilling browsers (Update 1.x build tools #5629)
• Updated ethereumjs-util to 7.1.5 (Update 1.x build tools #5629)
• Updated lerna 4 to version 6 (5629/lerna #5680)
• Bump utils 0.12.0 to 0.12.5 (chore(deps): bump util from 0.12.0 to 0.12.5 #5691)

Fixed

• Fixed types for web3.utils._jsonInterfaceMethodToString (Fix: _jsonInterfaceMethodToString export in types #5550)
• Fixed Next.js builds failing on Node.js v16, Abortcontroller added if it doesn't exist globally (Next.js, node.js 16 TypeError: Cannot set property Request of #<Object> which has only a getter #5601)
• Builds fixed by updating all typescript versions to 4.1 (1.x build failing due to types error #5675)

Removed

• clean-webpack-plugin has been removed from dev-dependencies (Update 1.x build tools #5629)

Added

• https-browserify, process, stream-browserify, stream-http, crypto-browserify added to dev-dependencies for polyfilling (Update 1.x build tools #5629)
• Add readable-stream to dev-dependancies for webpack (Update 1.x build tools #5629)

Security

• npm audit fix for libraries update (1.x dependencies update #5726)

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