diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7d53cf1..8d48393 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "8.2.1"
+  ".": "8.3.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 48f4208..0b21cd5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 
 All notable changes to the LaunchDarkly Python SDK will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [8.3.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/compare/8.2.1...8.3.0) (2024-01-30)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Enable Accept-Encoding header on all requests ([#257](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/257)) ([537b240](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/537b240558321198796c248a7c7487e2b4dfbf52))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Gzip header should only be set on polling ([#262](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/issues/262)) ([4e07ef9](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-server-sdk/commit/4e07ef9b14a7effcaf579f4eb5c13fbc66abf670))
+
 ## [8.2.1] - 2023-10-23
 ### Fixed:
 - Replace deprecated `utcfromtimestamp` usage.
@@ -544,4 +556,3 @@ from a [separate integration test suite](https://github.com/launchdarkly/python-
  
 ### Removed
 - Twisted support has temporarily been removed.
-
diff --git a/ldclient/version.py b/ldclient/version.py
index 294f6eb..4876db4 100644
--- a/ldclient/version.py
+++ b/ldclient/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = "8.2.1"  # x-release-please-version
+VERSION = "8.3.0"  # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4eb1f27..e4c4c67 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "launchdarkly-server-sdk"
-version = "8.2.1"
+version = "8.3.0"
 description = "LaunchDarkly SDK for Python"
 authors = ["LaunchDarkly <dev@launchdarkly.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"