diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 5eab0c689..2e7e3c495 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [1.8.1] - 2025-01-03
+## [1.8.2] - 2025-01-07
 
 ### Added
 
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 - Start stream allocator after creating peer connection. (#3283)
 - Reduce memory allocation in WritePaddingRTP / WriteProbePackets (#3288)
 - add room/participant to logger context for SIP APIs (#3290)
+- vp8 temporal layer selection with dependency descriptor (#3302)
+- Use contiguous groups to determine queuing region. (#3308)
 
 ## [1.8.0] - 2024-10-18
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ca80c66fe..727b87d0a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jxskiss/base62 v1.1.0
 	github.com/livekit/mageutil v0.0.0-20230125210925-54e8a70427c1
 	github.com/livekit/mediatransportutil v0.0.0-20241220010243-a2bdee945564
-	github.com/livekit/protocol v1.30.0
+	github.com/livekit/protocol v1.30.1-0.20250106062425-83e359fc95bf
 	github.com/livekit/psrpc v0.6.1-0.20241018124827-1efff3d113a8
 	github.com/mackerelio/go-osstat v0.2.5
 	github.com/magefile/mage v1.15.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 03ba45ca5..47dc1d506 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ github.com/livekit/mageutil v0.0.0-20230125210925-54e8a70427c1 h1:jm09419p0lqTkD
 github.com/livekit/mageutil v0.0.0-20230125210925-54e8a70427c1/go.mod h1:Rs3MhFwutWhGwmY1VQsygw28z5bWcnEYmS1OG9OxjOQ=
 github.com/livekit/mediatransportutil v0.0.0-20241220010243-a2bdee945564 h1:GX7KF/V9ExmcfT/2Bdia8aROjkxrgx7WpyH7w9MB4J4=
 github.com/livekit/mediatransportutil v0.0.0-20241220010243-a2bdee945564/go.mod h1:36s+wwmU3O40IAhE+MjBWP3W71QRiEE9SfooSBvtBqY=
-github.com/livekit/protocol v1.30.0 h1:yIaCrhRvfjWgAdvLkjf4VHh087yTeYrvjsNhLyXlUmE=
-github.com/livekit/protocol v1.30.0/go.mod h1:08wT2rI6GecTCwh9n8OA28Gb7ZQNtIR+hX/LccP1TaY=
+github.com/livekit/protocol v1.30.1-0.20250106062425-83e359fc95bf h1:6sLvfeHO1qux5LJEHs+qDam0/xLE0693HzD8rXirYnY=
+github.com/livekit/protocol v1.30.1-0.20250106062425-83e359fc95bf/go.mod h1:08wT2rI6GecTCwh9n8OA28Gb7ZQNtIR+hX/LccP1TaY=
 github.com/livekit/psrpc v0.6.1-0.20241018124827-1efff3d113a8 h1:Ibh0LoFl5NW5a1KFJEE0eLxxz7dqqKmYTj/BfCb0PbY=
 github.com/livekit/psrpc v0.6.1-0.20241018124827-1efff3d113a8/go.mod h1:CQUBSPfYYAaevg1TNCc6/aYsa8DJH4jSRFdCeSZk5u0=
 github.com/mackerelio/go-osstat v0.2.5 h1:+MqTbZUhoIt4m8qzkVoXUJg1EuifwlAJSk4Yl2GXh+o=
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 913a7539a..98d576c89 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 package version
 
-const Version = "1.8.1"
+const Version = "1.8.2"