diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ef035ccc..bee0faca 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-## [UNRELEASED] - xxxx-xx-xx
+## [0.8.3] - 2022-04-21
+### Fixed
+- Fix XDF marker stream regression ([#346](https://github.com/cbrnr/mnelab/pull/346) by [Clemens Brunner](https://github.com/cbrnr))
 
 ## [0.8.2] - 2022-04-13
 ### Added
diff --git a/mnelab/__init__.py b/mnelab/__init__.py
index 9bb12a54..2fc1f627 100644
--- a/mnelab/__init__.py
+++ b/mnelab/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from .mainwindow import MainWindow
 from .model import Model
 
-__version__ = "0.9.0.dev0"
+__version__ = "0.8.3"
 
 
 def main():
diff --git a/mnelab/io/xdf.py b/mnelab/io/xdf.py
index f3852583..07ceaf8d 100644
--- a/mnelab/io/xdf.py
+++ b/mnelab/io/xdf.py
@@ -138,9 +138,10 @@ def read_raw_xdf(
     raw = mne.io.RawArray(all_time_series_scaled, info)
     raw._filenames = [fname]
 
+    # convert marker streams to annotations
     for stream_id, stream in streams.items():
         srate = float(stream["info"]["nominal_srate"][0])
-        if not (srate == 0 and stream["info"]["channel_format"] == ["string"]):
+        if srate != 0:  # marker streams with regular srate are not supported yet
             continue
         onsets = stream["time_stamps"] - first_time
         prefix = f"{stream_id}-" if prefix_markers else ""