diff --git a/lam-packaging/debian/changelog b/lam-packaging/debian/changelog
index 4700c6eb6..7e87486f2 100644
--- a/lam-packaging/debian/changelog
+++ b/lam-packaging/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ldap-account-manager (8.2.RC1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * new upstream release
+
+ -- Roland Gruber <post@rolandgruber.de>  Sun, 27 Dec 2022 15:04:23 +0100
+
 ldap-account-manager (8.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * new upstream release
diff --git a/lam-packaging/docker/Dockerfile b/lam-packaging/docker/Dockerfile
index ef3f077fc..016394a40 100644
--- a/lam-packaging/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/lam-packaging/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 FROM debian:bullseye-slim
 LABEL maintainer="Roland Gruber <post@rolandgruber.de>"
 
-ARG LAM_RELEASE=8.1
+ARG LAM_RELEASE=8.2.RC1
 EXPOSE 80
 
 ENV \
diff --git a/lam-packaging/docker/docker-compose.yml b/lam-packaging/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 27a0979c4..6371419cc 100644
--- a/lam-packaging/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/lam-packaging/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ services:
   ldap-account-manager:
     build:
       context: .
-    image: ldapaccountmanager/lam:8.1
+    image: ldapaccountmanager/lam:8.2.RC1
     restart: unless-stopped
     ports:
       - "8080:80"
diff --git a/lam/VERSION b/lam/VERSION
index b8eb02635..e26278497 100644
--- a/lam/VERSION
+++ b/lam/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.1
+8.2.RC1
diff --git a/lam/docs/manual-sources/chapter-installation.xml b/lam/docs/manual-sources/chapter-installation.xml
index 3b5796673..2b2b362cb 100644
--- a/lam/docs/manual-sources/chapter-installation.xml
+++ b/lam/docs/manual-sources/chapter-installation.xml
@@ -361,10 +361,10 @@ docker run -p 8080:80 -it -d registry.gitlab.com/ldapaccountmanager/lampro:stabl
       <section>
         <title>PHP</title>
 
-        <para>LAM runs with PHP 7 (&gt;= 7.2.0). Needed changes in your
+        <para>LAM runs with PHP 7 (&gt;= 7.4.0). Needed changes in your
         php.ini:</para>
 
-        <para>memory_limit = 64M</para>
+        <para>memory_limit = 128M</para>
 
         <para>For large installations (&gt;10000 LDAP entries) you may need to
         increase the memory limit to 256M.</para>
@@ -616,6 +616,12 @@ docker run -p 8080:80 -it -d registry.gitlab.com/ldapaccountmanager/lampro:stabl
       version. Unless explicitly noticed there is no need to install an
       intermediate release.</para>
 
+      <section>
+        <title>8.1 -&gt; 8.2</title>
+
+        <para>No actions required.</para>
+      </section>
+
       <section>
         <title>8.0 -&gt; 8.1</title>