diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dd77881d..69573d8c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ line-by-line diff is zero.
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.github.dfa1.vortex</groupId>
   <artifactId>vortex-reader</artifactId>
-  <version>0.8.0</version>
+  <version>0.8.3</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/compatibility.md b/docs/compatibility.md
index 18f9b546..2807fb2d 100644
--- a/docs/compatibility.md
+++ b/docs/compatibility.md
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ A consumer that only needs to read Vortex files can depend on a strict subset:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.github.dfa1.vortex</groupId>
   <artifactId>vortex-reader</artifactId>
-  <version>0.8.0</version>
+  <version>0.8.3</version>
 </dependency>
 
 <!-- optional: inspector for layout-tree introspection -->
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.github.dfa1.vortex</groupId>
   <artifactId>vortex-inspector</artifactId>
-  <version>0.8.0</version>
+  <version>0.8.3</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/tutorial.md b/docs/tutorial.md
index 00c22e67..8f89c379 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Add the dependency to `pom.xml` (inside `<dependencies>`):
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.github.dfa1.vortex</groupId>
   <artifactId>vortex-reader</artifactId>
-  <version>0.7.3</version>
+  <version>0.8.3</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/reader/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/vortex/reader/decode/BitpackedEncodingDecoder.java b/reader/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/vortex/reader/decode/BitpackedEncodingDecoder.java
index b0b86791..ed26f024 100644
--- a/reader/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/vortex/reader/decode/BitpackedEncodingDecoder.java
+++ b/reader/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/vortex/reader/decode/BitpackedEncodingDecoder.java
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ private static void fastlanesUnpackToSeg(
     /// @param currWordByteBase  byte offset of the current word within the block
     /// @param nextWordByteBase  byte offset of the next word within the block
     /// @param outRowByteOff     byte offset of the row within the transposed output block
+    @SuppressWarnings("java:S6218") // internal data carrier; record components are arrays of immutable primitives that flow through the unpack loops without ever being compared.
     private record UnpackSchedule(
             int[] shifts, int[] remainingBits, int[] currentBits,
             long[] loMasks, long[] hiMasks,