diff --git a/spec/ruby/library/shellwords/shellwords_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/library/shellwords/shellwords_spec.rb
index 2975fd99742740..fe86b6faab0db8 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/library/shellwords/shellwords_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/library/shellwords/shellwords_spec.rb
@@ -1,34 +1,33 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 require 'shellwords'
-include Shellwords
 
 describe "Shellwords#shellwords" do
   it "honors quoted strings" do
-    shellwords('a "b b" a').should == ['a', 'b b', 'a']
+    Shellwords.shellwords('a "b b" a').should == ['a', 'b b', 'a']
   end
 
   it "honors escaped double quotes" do
-    shellwords('a "\"b\" c" d').should == ['a', '"b" c', 'd']
+    Shellwords.shellwords('a "\"b\" c" d').should == ['a', '"b" c', 'd']
   end
 
   it "honors escaped single quotes" do
-    shellwords("a \"'b' c\" d").should == ['a', "'b' c", 'd']
+    Shellwords.shellwords("a \"'b' c\" d").should == ['a', "'b' c", 'd']
   end
 
   it "honors escaped spaces" do
-    shellwords('a b\ c d').should == ['a', 'b c', 'd']
+    Shellwords.shellwords('a b\ c d').should == ['a', 'b c', 'd']
   end
 
   it "raises ArgumentError when double quoted strings are misquoted" do
-    -> { shellwords('a "b c d e') }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { Shellwords.shellwords('a "b c d e') }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   it "raises ArgumentError when single quoted strings are misquoted" do
-    -> { shellwords("a 'b c d e") }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
+    -> { Shellwords.shellwords("a 'b c d e") }.should raise_error(ArgumentError)
   end
 
   # https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10055
   it "matches POSIX sh behavior for backslashes within double quoted strings" do
-    shellsplit('printf "%s\n"').should == ['printf', '%s\n']
+    Shellwords.shellsplit('printf "%s\n"').should == ['printf', '%s\n']
   end
 end
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 70c5e4de693f5e..ce8b594110f28c 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # define RUBY_VERSION_MINOR RUBY_API_VERSION_MINOR
 #define RUBY_VERSION_TEENY 2
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR_STR"-"RUBY_RELEASE_MONTH_STR"-"RUBY_RELEASE_DAY_STR
-#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 81
+#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 82
 
 #include "ruby/version.h"
 #include "ruby/internal/abi.h"