diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index c9d6c5d3b823f..232c417549bc6 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
-  ".": "10.8.2",
+  ".": "10.8.3",
   "workspaces/arborist": "7.5.4",
   "workspaces/libnpmaccess": "8.0.6",
   "workspaces/libnpmdiff": "6.1.4",
-  "workspaces/libnpmexec": "8.1.3",
+  "workspaces/libnpmexec": "8.1.4",
   "workspaces/libnpmfund": "5.0.12",
   "workspaces/libnpmhook": "10.0.5",
   "workspaces/libnpmorg": "6.0.6",
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 90a1d94834c8d..f6d0bb35bebae 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -945,3 +945,5 @@ Leo Balter <301201+leobalter@users.noreply.github.com>
 drew4237 <57016082+drew4237@users.noreply.github.com>
 AmirHossein Sakhravi <amirhosseinpr184@gmail.com>
 Hiroo Ono <49257691+oikumene@users.noreply.github.com>
+Sonny <47546413+sonsurim@users.noreply.github.com>
+Alessandro Diez <demedos@users.noreply.github.com>
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a51fad8b1b3c9..85da627d9f624 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,33 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [10.8.3](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/v10.8.2...v10.8.3) (2024-08-28)
+### Bug Fixes
+* [`7e61151`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/7e61151b9ab4f62a83e9ea8bcfa15ece11b6a1fd) [#7759](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7759) docs: init usage description corrected (#7759) (@milaninfy)
+* [`2404c7e`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/2404c7e991e1a4962608a1e6b2453a7ccee4e0a5) [#7738](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7738) publish: consider package-spec when inside workspace dir (#7738) (@milaninfy)
+* [`91e46a3`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/91e46a34b685ebbf134d573209731868cae304d0) [#7721](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7721) init: use locally installed version of given package (#7721) (@milaninfy)
+* [`4e81a6a`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/4e81a6a4106e4e125b0eefda042b75cfae0a5f23) [#7674](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7674) always set exit code if exiting uncleanly (#7674) (@wraithgar, @hashtagchris)
+* [`a947f25`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/a947f25bd4576f7ef70fe6b1226e72252fa7a571) [#7679](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7679) update lifecycle script list in run-script (#7679) (@sonsurim)
+### Documentation
+* [`e674987`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/e674987c8dc5634c3b2a8a4d0f024d15041ba23c) [#7743](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7743) update docs for npmrc and package-json  (#7743) (@milaninfy)
+* [`24d5350`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/24d53505491195b5c853c05db322f19c5ea091e0) [#7742](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7742) fix and update scoped configuration example (#7742) (@demedos)
+### Dependencies
+* [`3fd7a48`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/3fd7a48a26e1839580780fe969a89f71c6932064) [#7737](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7737) `lru-cache@10.4.3`
+* [`d7e462b`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/d7e462b28c4e9380b96f7a683fdcc02a0915a826) [#7737](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7737) `jackspeak@3.4.3`
+* [`df58b0c`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/df58b0c756d5279b219c684e0768b279d2607eab) [#7737](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7737) `glob@10.4.5`
+* [`7342c24`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/7342c2460a38bfc16783b927f7454ddc353592c7) [#7737](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7737) `foreground-child@3.3.0`
+* [`2986f4e`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/2986f4e5e08ea9d606012ee609a0b722a76b4252) [#7737](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7737) `cacache@18.0.4`
+* [`a44ab26`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/a44ab26326d04e3eb0d48e7749b41e1e0f30c5ca) [#7737](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7737) `postcss-selector-parser@6.1.2`
+* [`4e965ad`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/4e965ad4c990f501481c569bf28e543625cbd7ff) [#7737](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7737) `semver@7.6.3`
+* [`12587fa`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/12587fa8e926b63b13ff0443e474ec4eea0b1d5a) [#7737](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7737) `npm-package-arg@11.0.3`
+* [`1a9ac86`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/1a9ac861fcb5113e661239c54ae7a6aaa96bf88b) [#7737](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7737) `debug@4.3.6`
+* [`a303ddd`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/a303dddaf1b853cc351cc9aadb47741cf5c3f998) [#7737](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7737) `node-gyp@10.2.0`
+### Chores
+* [`1772276`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/1772276c881911277efed4cdc386901d9c19d65b) [#7756](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7756) fix duplicate changelog entries (@wraithgar)
+* [`8035725`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/80357253ecd8483463cd66c783c4464c330d72df) [#7756](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7756) `@npmcli/template-oss@4.23.3` (@wraithgar)
+* [`ed4add1`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/ed4add1e2791180a19f0fe1ebfa08a0837d3fe1a) [#7737](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7737) dev dependency updates (@wraithgar)
+* [`86b05fc`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/86b05fc8f110cadc67fcf7417bc0646289919000) [#7683](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7683) allow for longer timer values (#7683) (@wraithgar)
+* [workspace](https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/libnpmexec-v8.1.4): `libnpmexec@8.1.4`
+
 ## [10.8.2](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/v10.8.1...v10.8.2) (2024-07-09)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index cc21d1bb7c19c..5f2d5ce1edae5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "npm",
-  "version": "10.8.2",
+  "version": "10.8.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "npm",
-      "version": "10.8.2",
+      "version": "10.8.3",
       "bundleDependencies": [
         "@isaacs/string-locale-compare",
         "@npmcli/arborist",
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
         "json-parse-even-better-errors": "^3.0.2",
         "libnpmaccess": "^8.0.6",
         "libnpmdiff": "^6.1.4",
-        "libnpmexec": "^8.1.3",
+        "libnpmexec": "^8.1.4",
         "libnpmfund": "^5.0.12",
         "libnpmhook": "^10.0.5",
         "libnpmorg": "^6.0.6",
@@ -15875,7 +15875,7 @@
       }
     },
     "workspaces/libnpmexec": {
-      "version": "8.1.3",
+      "version": "8.1.4",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@npmcli/arborist": "^7.5.4",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 76b8dafb90b03..e778411933208 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "10.8.2",
+  "version": "10.8.3",
   "name": "npm",
   "description": "a package manager for JavaScript",
   "workspaces": [
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     "json-parse-even-better-errors": "^3.0.2",
     "libnpmaccess": "^8.0.6",
     "libnpmdiff": "^6.1.4",
-    "libnpmexec": "^8.1.3",
+    "libnpmexec": "^8.1.4",
     "libnpmfund": "^5.0.12",
     "libnpmhook": "^10.0.5",
     "libnpmorg": "^6.0.6",
diff --git a/workspaces/libnpmexec/CHANGELOG.md b/workspaces/libnpmexec/CHANGELOG.md
index ebec7bb175264..7c43c5cf45450 100644
--- a/workspaces/libnpmexec/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/workspaces/libnpmexec/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [8.1.4](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/libnpmexec-v8.1.3...libnpmexec-v8.1.4) (2024-08-28)
+### Bug Fixes
+* [`9214be9`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/9214be9ed8779493e00d193e36a930918a30be64) [#7640](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7640) gracefully handle nonexistent global installation directory (#7640) (@milaninfy)
+### Chores
+* [`8035725`](https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/80357253ecd8483463cd66c783c4464c330d72df) [#7756](https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/7756) `@npmcli/template-oss@4.23.3` (@wraithgar)
+
 ## [8.1.3](https://github.com/npm/cli/compare/libnpmexec-v8.1.2...libnpmexec-v8.1.3) (2024-07-09)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/workspaces/libnpmexec/package.json b/workspaces/libnpmexec/package.json
index 658a87665c4fd..627af537b4240 100644
--- a/workspaces/libnpmexec/package.json
+++ b/workspaces/libnpmexec/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "libnpmexec",
-  "version": "8.1.3",
+  "version": "8.1.4",
   "files": [
     "bin/",
     "lib/"