diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 53a48a1e8c640f61bd1ad6dae1178602e97c7bfa..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.8.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/ipaddress/version.rb b/lib/ipaddress/version.rb
index 73aae6825c0d6b1436fccebde98c6c210a36820f..6aa96dea4d70889d815f561ef125a0c6dc59ab9d 100644
--- a/lib/ipaddress/version.rb
+++ b/lib/ipaddress/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Ipaddress
-  VERSION = "0.8.0"
+  VERSION = "0.8.2"
 end