diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 77db8e0e..2857bdb2 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -675,6 +675,7 @@ Version History
   * bugfix: if ``locale.getpreferredencoding()`` returns empty string or an
     encoding that is not a valid codec for ``codecs.getincrementaldecoder``,
     fallback to ascii and emit a warning.
+  * bugfix: ensure FormattingString and ParameterizingString may be pickled.
 1.7
   * Forked github project `erikrose/blessings`_ to `jquast/blessed`_, this
     project was previously known as **blessings** version 1.6 and prior.
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index c61950da..33125fde 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.8.2'
+version = '1.8.3'
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = version
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6f0ed0e7..62e79714 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 here = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 setup(
     name='blessed',
-    version='1.8.2',
+    version='1.8.3',
     description="A feature-filled fork of Erik Rose's blessings project",
     long_description=open(os.path.join(here, 'README.rst')).read(),
     author='Jeff Quast',