diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0fe462ed18..a31d5ec494 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,37 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.28.2 - 2024-12-20
+### Extractors
+#### Additions
+- [cyberdrop] add extractor for media URLs ([#2496](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/2496))
+- [itaku] add `search` extractor ([#6613](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/6613))
+- [lofter] add initial support ([#650](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/650), [#2294](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/2294), [#4095](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/4095), [#4728](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/4728), [#5656](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/5656), [#6607](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/6607))
+- [yiffverse] add support ([#6611](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/6611))
+#### Fixes
+- [facebook] decode Unicode surrogate pairs in metadata values ([#6599](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/6599))
+- [zerochan] parse API responses manually when receiving invalid JSON ([#6632](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/6632))
+- [zerochan] fix `source` metadata extraction when not logged in
+#### Improvements
+- [bilibili] extract files from `module_top` entries ([#6687](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/6687))
+- [bilibili] support `/upload/opus` URLs ([#6687](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/6687))
+- [bluesky] default to `posts` timeline when `reposts` or `quoted` is enabled ([#6583](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/6583))
+- [common] simplify HTTP error messages
+- [common] detect `DDoS-Guard` challenge pages
+- [deviantart] improve `tiptap` markup to HTML conversion ([#6686](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/6686))
+  - fix `KeyError: 'attrs'` for links without `href`
+  - support `heading` content blocks
+  - support `strike` text markers
+- [instagram] extract `date` metadata for stories ([#6677](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/6677))
+- [kemonoparty:favorite] support new URL format ([#6676](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/6676))
+- [saint] support `saint2.cr` URLs ([#6692](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/6692))
+- [tapas] improve extractor hierarchy ([#6680](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/6680))
+#### Options
+- [cohost] add `avatar` and `background` options ([#6656](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/6656))
+### Miscellaneous
+- support `*` wildcards for `parent>child` categories, for example `reddit>*` ([#6673](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/6673))
+- use latest Firefox UA as default `user-agent`
+- use random unused port for `"user-agent": "browser"` requests
+
 ## 1.28.1 - 2024-12-07
 ### Extractors
 #### Additions
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 63d400f6ff..240dfe5dfe 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ Standalone Executable
 Prebuilt executable files with a Python interpreter and
 required Python packages included are available for
 
-- `Windows <https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/releases/download/v1.28.1/gallery-dl.exe>`__
+- `Windows <https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/releases/download/v1.28.2/gallery-dl.exe>`__
   (Requires `Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package (x86) <https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe>`__)
-- `Linux   <https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/releases/download/v1.28.1/gallery-dl.bin>`__
+- `Linux   <https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/releases/download/v1.28.2/gallery-dl.bin>`__
 
 
 Nightly Builds
diff --git a/gallery_dl/version.py b/gallery_dl/version.py
index e808470690..651745ab4b 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/version.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/version.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
-__version__ = "1.28.2-dev"
+__version__ = "1.28.2"
 __variant__ = None