diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 719c59e45d..1423d2703f 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "hyperframes",
   "description": "HyperFrames by HeyGen. Write HTML, render video. Compositions, GSAP and runtime adapter animations, captions, voiceovers, audio-reactive visuals, and website capture for HyperFrames.",
-  "version": "0.8.1",
+  "version": "0.8.2",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
index bdb388d137..d1b5316ec2 100644
--- a/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "hyperframes",
   "description": "Write HTML, render video. Compositions, Tailwind v4 styles, GSAP and runtime adapter animations, captions, voiceovers, audio-reactive visuals, and website capture for HyperFrames.",
-  "version": "0.8.1",
+  "version": "0.8.2",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com",
diff --git a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
index f94a77b140..cc944a1199 100644
--- a/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "name": "hyperframes",
   "displayName": "HyperFrames by HeyGen",
   "description": "Write HTML, render video. Compositions, Tailwind v4 styles, GSAP and runtime adapter animations, captions, voiceovers, audio-reactive visuals, and website capture for HyperFrames.",
-  "version": "0.8.1",
+  "version": "0.8.2",
   "author": {
     "name": "HeyGen",
     "email": "hyperframes@heygen.com"
diff --git a/docs/changelog.mdx b/docs/changelog.mdx
index f41d8ce349..64fa3bf479 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.mdx
+++ b/docs/changelog.mdx
@@ -8,6 +8,26 @@ Recent HyperFrames releases, including user-facing features, fixes, and migratio
 
 {/* New release entries are prepended by `bun run changelog:draft <version> --write`. */}
 
+<Update
+  label="HyperFrames v0.8.2"
+  description="Released - 2026-08-18"
+  tags={["Release", "Catalog", "Skills"]}
+>
+The variables panel on a component's catalog page now changes its preview. Pick an accent or a size and the preview answers, so what you see is what the copied snippet installs.
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Skills:** Count proxy-driver tweens in the animation map ([0d874adc6](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/0d874adc685a94a519311cf9ed9e4107bb0347c9), [#3301](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/3301)).
+- **Skills:** Declare the caption brand font's style axis, not just its weight ([a41da8651](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/a41da8651768942adf588a959d9dc062c90c6a13), [#3300](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/3300)).
+- **Skills:** Pin UTF-8 in Python scripts instead of the platform code page ([f8a1e2d31](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/f8a1e2d315e51856491af003958914152371c29d), [#3298](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/3298)).
+
+## Catalog
+
+- **Catalog:** Make component previews answer their variables panel ([406bf316a](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/406bf316a38d8a6ff24c00696d9e537ee85997d4), [#3323](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/3323)).
+
+[View the full commit range](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.8.1...v0.8.2).
+</Update>
+
 <Update
   label="HyperFrames v0.8.1"
   description="Released - 2026-08-18"
diff --git a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
index 45a1c1b10e..688b8c237d 100644
--- a/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws-lambda/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/aws-lambda",
-  "version": "0.8.1",
+  "version": "0.8.2",
   "description": "AWS Lambda adapter for HyperFrames distributed rendering — handler, client-side SDK, and CDK construct.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 619f22d6e1..ae80b2560c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/cli",
-  "version": "0.8.1",
+  "version": "0.8.2",
   "description": "HyperFrames CLI — create, preview, and render HTML video compositions",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index a8192936ab..7751612dd9 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/core",
-  "version": "0.8.1",
+  "version": "0.8.2",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/engine/package.json b/packages/engine/package.json
index df9b2b9a94..6eb09a86f7 100644
--- a/packages/engine/package.json
+++ b/packages/engine/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/engine",
-  "version": "0.8.1",
+  "version": "0.8.2",
   "description": "Seekable web page to video rendering engine (Puppeteer + FFmpeg)",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/gcp-cloud-run/package.json b/packages/gcp-cloud-run/package.json
index d01059a786..8e9865bf2e 100644
--- a/packages/gcp-cloud-run/package.json
+++ b/packages/gcp-cloud-run/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/gcp-cloud-run",
-  "version": "0.8.1",
+  "version": "0.8.2",
   "description": "Google Cloud Run + Workflows adapter for HyperFrames distributed rendering — request handler, client-side SDK, and Terraform module.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/lint/package.json b/packages/lint/package.json
index fdcef3b5c6..cfcf94323c 100644
--- a/packages/lint/package.json
+++ b/packages/lint/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/lint",
-  "version": "0.8.1",
+  "version": "0.8.2",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/parsers/package.json b/packages/parsers/package.json
index 7a4722e38a..83c7d0cdb8 100644
--- a/packages/parsers/package.json
+++ b/packages/parsers/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/parsers",
-  "version": "0.8.1",
+  "version": "0.8.2",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/player/package.json b/packages/player/package.json
index 7f72cda1e4..1d018b19ed 100644
--- a/packages/player/package.json
+++ b/packages/player/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/player",
-  "version": "0.8.1",
+  "version": "0.8.2",
   "description": "Embeddable web component for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/producer/package.json b/packages/producer/package.json
index b091d4f07e..bd1a79b0dc 100644
--- a/packages/producer/package.json
+++ b/packages/producer/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/producer",
-  "version": "0.8.1",
+  "version": "0.8.2",
   "description": "HTML-to-video rendering engine using Chrome's BeginFrame API",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/sdk/package.json b/packages/sdk/package.json
index 0a7b2f53a7..088ba9bd17 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/sdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/sdk",
-  "version": "0.8.1",
+  "version": "0.8.2",
   "description": "Headless, framework-neutral HyperFrames composition editing engine",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/shader-transitions/package.json b/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
index f8e7a10485..cc289c4d23 100644
--- a/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
+++ b/packages/shader-transitions/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/shader-transitions",
-  "version": "0.8.1",
+  "version": "0.8.2",
   "description": "WebGL shader transitions for HyperFrames compositions",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/studio-server/package.json b/packages/studio-server/package.json
index baca66cdf9..1e537da282 100644
--- a/packages/studio-server/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio-server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio-server",
-  "version": "0.8.1",
+  "version": "0.8.2",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes",
diff --git a/packages/studio/package.json b/packages/studio/package.json
index 3d69111109..3a34730988 100644
--- a/packages/studio/package.json
+++ b/packages/studio/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@hyperframes/studio",
-  "version": "0.8.1",
+  "version": "0.8.2",
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/releases/v0.8.2.md b/releases/v0.8.2.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2575def2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/v0.8.2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# HyperFrames v0.8.2
+
+Released on 2026-08-18.
+
+The variables panel on a component's catalog page now changes its preview. Pick an accent or a size and the preview answers, so what you see is what the copied snippet installs.
+
+## Fixes
+
+- **Skills:** Count proxy-driver tweens in the animation map ([0d874adc6](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/0d874adc685a94a519311cf9ed9e4107bb0347c9), [#3301](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/3301)).
+- **Skills:** Declare the caption brand font's style axis, not just its weight ([a41da8651](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/a41da8651768942adf588a959d9dc062c90c6a13), [#3300](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/3300)).
+- **Skills:** Pin UTF-8 in Python scripts instead of the platform code page ([f8a1e2d31](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/f8a1e2d315e51856491af003958914152371c29d), [#3298](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/3298)).
+
+## Catalog
+
+- **Catalog:** Make component previews answer their variables panel ([406bf316a](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/commit/406bf316a38d8a6ff24c00696d9e537ee85997d4), [#3323](https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/pull/3323)).
+
+## Full changelog
+
+https://github.com/heygen-com/hyperframes/compare/v0.8.1...v0.8.2