diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 31bfde54a1..0d95b4a5f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,28 +15,56 @@ Increment the:
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.8.3] 2023-03-06
+
+* Provide version major/minor/patch macros
+  [#2014](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/2014)
 * [BUILD] Add `OPENTELEMETRY_INSTALL` to allow user to skip install targets.
   [#2022](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/2022)
 * [SDK] Rename the global SDK version variables to avoid naming clash
   [#2011](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/2011)
+* [BUILD] Fix typo in CMakeLists.txt
+  [#2010](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/2010)
+* [EXPORTER] fix Prometheus test iterator iterator increment
+  [#2006](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/2006)
 * [SDK]Add attributes for InstrumentationScope
   [#2004](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/2004)
-* [ETW Exporter]Support serialize span/log attributes into JSON
+* [METRICS SDK] Performance improvement in measurement processing
+  [#1993](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1993)
+* [EXAMPLE] Add example for logs ostream exporter
+  [#1992](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1992)
+* [ETW Exporter] Support serialize span/log attributes into JSON
   [#1991](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1991)
 * ETW Exporter]Do not overwrite ParentId when setting attribute on Span
   [#1989](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1989)
-* Convert Prometheus Exporter to Pull MetricReader [#1953](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1953)
-* Upgrade prometheus-cpp to v1.1.0 [#1954](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1954)
+* Upgrade prometheus-cpp to v1.1.0
+  [#1954](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1954)
+* Convert Prometheus Exporter to Pull MetricReader
+  [#1953](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1953)
+* [DOCS] Add alpine packages to INSTALL.md
+  [#1957](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1957)
+* [METRICS SDK] Add benchmark tests for Sum Aggregation.
+  [#1948](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1948)
 * [BUILD] Build OpenTelemetry SDK and exporters into DLL
   [#1932](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1932)
-* [CI] Enforce copyright check in CI [#1965](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1965)
+* [CI] Enforce copyright check in CI
+  [#1965](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1965)
+* [BUILD] Fix typo GENENV -> GETENV
+  [#1972](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1972)
 * [SEMANTIC CONVENTIONS] Upgrade to version 1.18.0
   [#1974](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1974)
-* Fix Prometheus server crash on listening to already used port [#1986](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1986)
+* [EXT] Fix thread-safety when shutdown.
+  [#1977](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1977)
+* [SDK] Fix missing ObservedTimestamp.
+  [#1985](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1985)
+* [METRICS SDK] fix variable names
+  [#1987](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1987)
+* [EXPORTER] Fix Prometheus server crash on listening to already used port
+  [#1986](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1986)
 * [EXPORTER] Boolean environment variables not parsed per the spec
   [#1982](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1982)
-* Provide version major/minor/patch macros
-  [#2014](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/2014)
+* [EXPORTER] Opentracing shim
+  [#1909](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/1909)
 
 ## [1.8.2] 2023-01-31
 
diff --git a/api/include/opentelemetry/version.h b/api/include/opentelemetry/version.h
index 82bfa8811c..92d9b41b16 100644
--- a/api/include/opentelemetry/version.h
+++ b/api/include/opentelemetry/version.h
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 #include "opentelemetry/detail/preprocessor.h"
 
 #define OPENTELEMETRY_ABI_VERSION_NO 1
-#define OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION "1.8.2"
+#define OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION "1.8.3"
 #define OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION_MINOR 8
-#define OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION_PATCH 2
+#define OPENTELEMETRY_VERSION_PATCH 3
 
 #define OPENTELEMETRY_ABI_VERSION OPENTELEMETRY_STRINGIFY(OPENTELEMETRY_ABI_VERSION_NO)
 
diff --git a/buildscripts/pre-commit b/buildscripts/pre-commit
index 0b2f9a92ee..0e7b33707e 100755
--- a/buildscripts/pre-commit
+++ b/buildscripts/pre-commit
@@ -61,18 +61,18 @@ namespace sdk
 {
 namespace version
 {
-const int major_version = ${major};
-const int minor_version = ${minor};
-const int patch_version = ${patch};
-const char* pre_release = "${pre_release}";
-const char* build_metadata = "${build_metadata}";
+const int major_version     = ${major};
+const int minor_version     = ${minor};
+const int patch_version     = ${patch};
+const char *pre_release     = "${pre_release}";
+const char *build_metadata  = "${build_metadata}";
 const int count_new_commits = ${count_new_commits};
-const char* branch = "${branch}";
-const char* commit_hash = "${latest_commit_hash}";
-const char* short_version = "${short_version}";
-const char* full_version =
+const char *branch          = "${branch}";
+const char *commit_hash     = "${latest_commit_hash}";
+const char *short_version   = "${short_version}";
+const char *full_version =
     "${full_version}";
-const char* build_date = "$(date -u)";
+const char *build_date = "$(date -u)";
 }  // namespace version
 }  // namespace sdk
 OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/docs/public/conf.py b/docs/public/conf.py
index 637cdedd8d..d03873134e 100644
--- a/docs/public/conf.py
+++ b/docs/public/conf.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 author = 'OpenTelemetry authors'
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "1.8.2"
+release = "1.8.3"
 
 # Run sphinx on subprojects and copy output
 # -----------------------------------------
diff --git a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/version/version.h b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/version/version.h
index 8ae35d6a16..5bc1982106 100644
--- a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/version/version.h
+++ b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/version/version.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 #include "opentelemetry/detail/preprocessor.h"
 
-#define OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION "1.8.2"
+#define OPENTELEMETRY_SDK_VERSION "1.8.3"
 
 #include "opentelemetry/version.h"
 
diff --git a/sdk/src/version/version.cc b/sdk/src/version/version.cc
index 92ab50559c..1a1d45a630 100644
--- a/sdk/src/version/version.cc
+++ b/sdk/src/version/version.cc
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@ namespace version
 {
 const int major_version     = 1;
 const int minor_version     = 8;
-const int patch_version     = 2;
+const int patch_version     = 3;
 const char *pre_release     = "NONE";
 const char *build_metadata  = "NONE";
-const int count_new_commits = 37;
-const char *branch          = "pre_release_1.8.2";
-const char *commit_hash     = "435ce60f233b6718aaa04bb7068dd641b536299b";
-const char *short_version   = "1.8.2";
+const int count_new_commits = 43;
+const char *branch          = "pre_release_1.8.3";
+const char *commit_hash     = "d011e407306991be4f0580b59d5975aecdc86aca";
+const char *short_version   = "1.8.3";
 const char *full_version =
-    "1.8.2-NONE-NONE-37-pre_release_1.8.2-435ce60f233b6718aaa04bb7068dd641b536299b";
-const char *build_date = "Tue 31 Jan 2023 04:01:10 PM UTC";
+    "1.8.2-NONE-NONE-43-pre_release_1.8.3-d011e407306991be4f0580b59d5975aecdc86aca";
+const char *build_date = "Tue Mar  7 21:15:06 UTC 2023";
 }  // namespace version
 }  // namespace sdk
 OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE