diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8dc3b1691..cbab8e4a5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# v2.8.3
+- [#813](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/813) Fixed critical bug with Minergate pool and variant 2.
+
 # v2.8.1
 - [#768](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/768) Fixed build with Visual Studio 2015.
 - [#769](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/769) Fixed regression, some ANSI escape sequences was in log with disabled colors.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9ad836791..74af56b78 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # XMRig
 
-:warning: **[Monero will change PoW algorithm on October 18](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/753), all miners and proxy should be updated to [v2.8+](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases/tag/v2.8.1)** :warning:
+:warning: **[Monero changed PoW algorithm on October 18](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/issues/753), all miners and proxy should be updated to [v2.8+](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases/tag/v2.8.3)** :warning:
 
 [![Github All Releases](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/xmrig/xmrig/total.svg)](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases)
 [![GitHub release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/xmrig/xmrig/all.svg)](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases)
@@ -145,14 +145,14 @@ Please note performance is highly dependent on system load. The numbers above ar
 ## Release checksums
 ### SHA-256
 ```
-fd909cef75c65c1ee8facd78e968c359e4ac4d2f0b2aaef8c6d3e0138979d0ea xmrig-2.8.1-xenial-amd64.tar.gz/xmrig-2.8.1/xmrig
-e4987eaec57c1784c423e03978e22262adf070ab3ad7b2a6ce8d0d0626db4cbd xmrig-2.8.1-xenial-amd64.tar.gz/xmrig-2.8.1/xmrig-notls
-4ebf6053513c8b72b46f54481f33367aae6356fc5f271c9236d708a34cd16e2a xmrig-2.8.1-gcc-win32.zip/xmrig.exe
-f4ce5b76a611f6768c9a035eae1e49f61666f3e5370b54bd447ecc3b0098efcb xmrig-2.8.1-gcc-win32.zip/xmrig-notls.exe
-39259979b4228899c0ef985bcfc283e169afd44323eedb0341144dbc0c0f30e9 xmrig-2.8.1-gcc-win64.zip/xmrig.exe
-68af0f11b29b9b67414d0b661446baa0ad6020598c04c5d0cf24797167753117 xmrig-2.8.1-gcc-win64.zip/xmrig-notls.exe
-5d8b94157ebb4a7729f0eb8622945c266b756c994c60f91514b329edeb287867 xmrig-2.8.1-msvc-win64.zip/xmrig.exe
-d97c691d6044f916b9253820832f1a08402bb63aa75fb146ea8c31f51cebe974 xmrig-2.8.1-msvc-win64.zip/xmrig-notls.exe
+365198ed4f1205c42fa448d41c9088d3dea6bff43173c5e870e8bec4631c3a7d xmrig-2.8.3-xenial-amd64.tar.gz/xmrig-2.8.3/xmrig
+77b235244eea7eab72c420c3575bc6c32eb83061d90b84addb187257c9819be7 xmrig-2.8.3-xenial-amd64.tar.gz/xmrig-2.8.3/xmrig-notls
+586b81e455ed0aa7623507b0307ba34afdc2ff3494a822cbf1fcc0c1a86ac974 xmrig-2.8.3-gcc-win32.zip/xmrig.exe
+2d35980542b603e02832c774ce0d0bc22e269f066bcdff20a919dcbd23e2ef2a xmrig-2.8.3-gcc-win32.zip/xmrig-notls.exe
+0a638249271f3a7d7ad87643a1fa250cc21b9871dca951d15c7c214346cb02aa xmrig-2.8.3-gcc-win64.zip/xmrig.exe
+0f9d05c96d2268f1cf3e2c120ad94e440a730e753efa2ae8cbc9ef4567b4da03 xmrig-2.8.3-gcc-win64.zip/xmrig-notls.exe
+19600aead9ebc509db57538e5ace0a30604708c051b34f81c0bdc1b587624434 xmrig-2.8.3-msvc-win64.zip/xmrig.exe
+b9380c58a863488c8d9d138bb32a92b5ab3bb7b4e614e8caa85239cbb2ca3c8b xmrig-2.8.3-msvc-win64.zip/xmrig-notls.exe
 ```
 
 ## Contacts
diff --git a/src/common/net/Pool.cpp b/src/common/net/Pool.cpp
index 141e51158..089a87279 100644
--- a/src/common/net/Pool.cpp
+++ b/src/common/net/Pool.cpp
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ void Pool::adjustVariant(const xmrig::Variant variantHint)
 
         if (m_host.contains("xmr.pool.")) {
             valid = m_algorithm.algo() == CRYPTONIGHT;
-            m_algorithm.setVariant(m_port == 45700 ? VARIANT_1 : VARIANT_0);
+            m_algorithm.setVariant(m_port == 45700 ? VARIANT_2 : VARIANT_0);
         }
         else if (m_host.contains("aeon.pool.") && m_port == 45690) {
             valid = m_algorithm.algo() == CRYPTONIGHT_LITE;
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 02b629a09..96dedd540 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define APP_ID        "xmrig"
 #define APP_NAME      "XMRig"
 #define APP_DESC      "XMRig CPU miner"
-#define APP_VERSION   "2.8.2-dev"
+#define APP_VERSION   "2.8.3"
 #define APP_DOMAIN    "xmrig.com"
 #define APP_SITE      "www.xmrig.com"
 #define APP_COPYRIGHT "Copyright (C) 2016-2018 xmrig.com"
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 #define APP_VER_MAJOR  2
 #define APP_VER_MINOR  8
-#define APP_VER_PATCH  2
+#define APP_VER_PATCH  3
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #   if (_MSC_VER >= 1910)