diff --git a/changelog/12120.bugfix.rst b/changelog/12120.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index b1ca4913b37..00000000000
--- a/changelog/12120.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix `PermissionError` crashes arising from directories which are not selected on the command-line.
diff --git a/changelog/12191.bugfix.rst b/changelog/12191.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 5102d469814..00000000000
--- a/changelog/12191.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Keyboard interrupts and system exits are now properly handled during the test collection.
diff --git a/changelog/12300.bugfix.rst b/changelog/12300.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c162482022..00000000000
--- a/changelog/12300.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed handling of 'Function not implemented' error under squashfuse_ll, which is a different way to say that the mountpoint is read-only.
diff --git a/changelog/12308.bugfix.rst b/changelog/12308.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 07995427a1a..00000000000
--- a/changelog/12308.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a regression in pytest 8.2.0 where the permissions of automatically-created ``.pytest_cache`` directories became ``rwx------`` instead of the expected ``rwxr-xr-x``.
diff --git a/changelog/12333.trivial.rst b/changelog/12333.trivial.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 32c4c5771a7..00000000000
--- a/changelog/12333.trivial.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-pytest releases are now attested using the recent `Artifact Attestation <https://github.blog/2024-05-02-introducing-artifact-attestations-now-in-public-beta/>` support from GitHub, allowing users to verify the provenance of pytest's sdist and wheel artifacts.
diff --git a/changelog/12334.improvement.rst b/changelog/12334.improvement.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fd52e9dbb8..00000000000
--- a/changelog/12334.improvement.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Support for Python 3.13 (beta1 at the time of writing).
diff --git a/doc/en/announce/index.rst b/doc/en/announce/index.rst
index 4d0a3ab558e..8a33f7fb57d 100644
--- a/doc/en/announce/index.rst
+++ b/doc/en/announce/index.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Release announcements
    :maxdepth: 2
 
 
+   release-8.2.1
    release-8.2.0
    release-8.1.2
    release-8.1.1
diff --git a/doc/en/announce/release-8.2.1.rst b/doc/en/announce/release-8.2.1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4452edec110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/en/announce/release-8.2.1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+pytest-8.2.1
+=======================================
+
+pytest 8.2.1 has just been released to PyPI.
+
+This is a bug-fix release, being a drop-in replacement. To upgrade::
+
+  pip install --upgrade pytest
+
+The full changelog is available at https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/changelog.html.
+
+Thanks to all of the contributors to this release:
+
+* Bruno Oliveira
+* Ran Benita
+
+
+Happy testing,
+The pytest Development Team
diff --git a/doc/en/builtin.rst b/doc/en/builtin.rst
index d5f2e9a1b0f..458253fabbb 100644
--- a/doc/en/builtin.rst
+++ b/doc/en/builtin.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ For information about fixtures, see :ref:`fixtures`. To see a complete list of a
     cachedir: .pytest_cache
     rootdir: /home/sweet/project
     collected 0 items
-    cache -- .../_pytest/cacheprovider.py:542
+    cache -- .../_pytest/cacheprovider.py:549
         Return a cache object that can persist state between testing sessions.
 
         cache.get(key, default)
diff --git a/doc/en/changelog.rst b/doc/en/changelog.rst
index d5cde498859..f69b9782bbc 100644
--- a/doc/en/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/en/changelog.rst
@@ -28,6 +28,38 @@ with advance notice in the **Deprecations** section of releases.
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+pytest 8.2.1 (2024-05-19)
+=========================
+
+Improvements
+------------
+
+- `#12334 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12334>`_: Support for Python 3.13 (beta1 at the time of writing).
+
+
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+- `#12120 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12120>`_: Fix `PermissionError` crashes arising from directories which are not selected on the command-line.
+
+
+- `#12191 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12191>`_: Keyboard interrupts and system exits are now properly handled during the test collection.
+
+
+- `#12300 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12300>`_: Fixed handling of 'Function not implemented' error under squashfuse_ll, which is a different way to say that the mountpoint is read-only.
+
+
+- `#12308 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12308>`_: Fix a regression in pytest 8.2.0 where the permissions of automatically-created ``.pytest_cache`` directories became ``rwx------`` instead of the expected ``rwxr-xr-x``.
+
+
+
+Trivial/Internal Changes
+------------------------
+
+- `#12333 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/12333>`_: pytest releases are now attested using the recent `Artifact Attestation <https://github.blog/2024-05-02-introducing-artifact-attestations-now-in-public-beta/>` support from GitHub, allowing users to verify the provenance of pytest's sdist and wheel artifacts.
+
+
 pytest 8.2.0 (2024-04-27)
 =========================
 
diff --git a/doc/en/example/parametrize.rst b/doc/en/example/parametrize.rst
index 1bbe2faaad0..03f6852e5c0 100644
--- a/doc/en/example/parametrize.rst
+++ b/doc/en/example/parametrize.rst
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ objects, they are still using the default pytest representation:
     rootdir: /home/sweet/project
     collected 8 items
 
-    <Dir parametrize.rst-198>
+    <Dir parametrize.rst-199>
       <Module test_time.py>
         <Function test_timedistance_v0[a0-b0-expected0]>
         <Function test_timedistance_v0[a1-b1-expected1]>
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ If you just collect tests you'll also nicely see 'advanced' and 'basic' as varia
     rootdir: /home/sweet/project
     collected 4 items
 
-    <Dir parametrize.rst-198>
+    <Dir parametrize.rst-199>
       <Module test_scenarios.py>
         <Class TestSampleWithScenarios>
           <Function test_demo1[basic]>
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ Let's first see how it looks like at collection time:
     rootdir: /home/sweet/project
     collected 2 items
 
-    <Dir parametrize.rst-198>
+    <Dir parametrize.rst-199>
       <Module test_backends.py>
         <Function test_db_initialized[d1]>
         <Function test_db_initialized[d2]>
diff --git a/doc/en/example/pythoncollection.rst b/doc/en/example/pythoncollection.rst
index a383173d07e..aa9d05d7227 100644
--- a/doc/en/example/pythoncollection.rst
+++ b/doc/en/example/pythoncollection.rst
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ The test collection would look like this:
     configfile: pytest.ini
     collected 2 items
 
-    <Dir pythoncollection.rst-199>
+    <Dir pythoncollection.rst-200>
       <Module check_myapp.py>
         <Class CheckMyApp>
           <Function simple_check>
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ You can always peek at the collection tree without running tests like this:
     configfile: pytest.ini
     collected 3 items
 
-    <Dir pythoncollection.rst-199>
+    <Dir pythoncollection.rst-200>
       <Dir CWD>
         <Module pythoncollection.py>
           <Function test_function>
diff --git a/doc/en/getting-started.rst b/doc/en/getting-started.rst
index 468de3654d9..94e0d80e656 100644
--- a/doc/en/getting-started.rst
+++ b/doc/en/getting-started.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Install ``pytest``
 .. code-block:: bash
 
     $ pytest --version
-    pytest 8.2.0
+    pytest 8.2.1
 
 .. _`simpletest`:
 
diff --git a/doc/en/how-to/fixtures.rst b/doc/en/how-to/fixtures.rst
index 72b69a14681..6cc20c8c3e4 100644
--- a/doc/en/how-to/fixtures.rst
+++ b/doc/en/how-to/fixtures.rst
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ Running the above tests results in the following test IDs being used:
    rootdir: /home/sweet/project
    collected 12 items
 
-   <Dir fixtures.rst-217>
+   <Dir fixtures.rst-218>
      <Module test_anothersmtp.py>
        <Function test_showhelo[smtp.gmail.com]>
        <Function test_showhelo[mail.python.org]>