diff --git a/CHANGELOG.markdown b/CHANGELOG.markdown
--- a/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.8.2 [2021.06.28]
+------------------
+* `Embed` flag is now `True` by default to resolve unexpected issues with standalone applications [#18](https://github.com/ekmett/hyphenation/issues/18)
+
 0.8.1 [2021.02.17]
 ------------------
 * The build-type has been changed from `Custom` to `Simple`.
diff --git a/hyphenation.cabal b/hyphenation.cabal
--- a/hyphenation.cabal
+++ b/hyphenation.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name:          hyphenation
 category:      Text
-version:       0.8.1
+version:       0.8.2
 license:       BSD2
 cabal-version: >= 1.10
 license-file:  LICENSE
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
              , GHC == 8.2.2
              , GHC == 8.4.4
              , GHC == 8.6.5
-             , GHC == 8.8.3
-             , GHC == 8.10.1
+             , GHC == 8.8.4
+             , GHC == 8.10.4
+             , GHC == 9.0.1
 description:
   Configurable Knuth-Liang hyphenation
   .
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@
                (Warning: This increases the executable size by about 1Mb unless
                          unneeded language data files are manually removed from
                          the "data" directory before compiling)
-  Default:     False
+  Default:     True
 
 library
   build-depends: