diff --git a/ci-utils/install_prereq_linux.sh b/ci-utils/install_prereq_linux.sh
index b191b983..2361a962 100755
--- a/ci-utils/install_prereq_linux.sh
+++ b/ci-utils/install_prereq_linux.sh
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ if [[ $BUILD_Z5_DEP -eq 1 ]]; then
     make install/fast
     cd ../../
 
-    curl -L https://github.com/constantinpape/z5/archive/refs/tags/2.0.16.zip -o 2.0.16.zip
-    unzip 2.0.16.zip 
-    cd z5-2.0.16
+    curl -L https://github.com/constantinpape/z5/archive/refs/tags/2.0.18.zip -o 2.0.18.zip
+    unzip 2.0.18.zip 
+    cd z5-2.0.18
     mkdir build_man
     cd build_man
     cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../../"$LOCAL_INSTALL_DIR"/   -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=../../"$LOCAL_INSTALL_DIR"/ -DWITH_BLOSC=ON -DBUILD_Z5PY=OFF  ..
diff --git a/ci-utils/install_prereq_win.bat b/ci-utils/install_prereq_win.bat
index 38acc2b9..c1d8486c 100644
--- a/ci-utils/install_prereq_win.bat
+++ b/ci-utils/install_prereq_win.bat
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ if "%BUILD_Z5_DEP%" == "1" (
     popd
     popd
 
-    curl -L https://github.com/constantinpape/z5/archive/refs/tags/2.0.16.zip -o 2.0.16.zip
-    tar -xf 2.0.16.zip 
-    pushd z5-2.0.16
+    curl -L https://github.com/constantinpape/z5/archive/refs/tags/2.0.18.zip -o 2.0.18.zip
+    tar -xf 2.0.18.zip 
+    pushd z5-2.0.18
     mkdir build_man
     pushd build_man
     cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../../local_install/   -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=../../local_install/ -DWITH_BLOSC=ON -DBUILD_Z5PY=OFF ..
diff --git a/plugin.json b/plugin.json
index e7868be0..ffd7ca49 100644
--- a/plugin.json
+++ b/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "Nyxus",
-  "version": "0.7.5",
-  "containerId": "polusai/nyxus:0.7.5",
+  "version": "0.8.2",
+  "containerId": "polusai/nyxus:0.8.2",
   "title": "Nyxus feature extraction",
   "description": "Nyxus feature extractor",
   "author": "friskluft + hsidky",
diff --git a/src/nyx/version.h b/src/nyx/version.h
index 448f72c4..98ee901f 100644
--- a/src/nyx/version.h
+++ b/src/nyx/version.h
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 #define VERSIONH_INCLUDED
 
 #define PROJECT_NAME "Nyxus"
-#define PROJECT_VER "0.7.5"
+#define PROJECT_VER "0.8.2"
 
 #endif // VERSIONH_INCLUDED