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@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ This release contains contributions from many people at Google, as well as:
 
 <INSERT>, <NAME>, <HERE>, <USING>, <GITHUB>, <HANDLE>
 
+# Release 2.8.2
+
+Add an upper bound for `protobuf` in `setup.py` since `protobuf` after version 3.20 is currently incompatible with TensorFlow. See https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/53234, https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/issues/9954 and https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/56077.
+
 # Release 2.7.3
 
 Add an upper bound for `protobuf` in `setup.py` since `protobuf` after version 3.20 is currently incompatible with TensorFlow. See https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/53234, https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/issues/9954 and https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/56077.