diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 804efa1c..703b315c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ X.Y.Z Release notes
 
 ### Bug fixes
 * Fixed a bug in how arrays of primitive types are represented. The bug prevented a schema from one Realm to be used when opening another (#1847).
+* Added a more readable error message in the query parser when requesting an a bad argument (#1808).
 
 ### Internal
-* Realm Core v5.6.0.
-* Realm Sync v3.5.2.
+* Upgraded to Realm Core v5.6.1.
+* Upgraded to Realm Sync v3.5.3.
 
 
 2.8.2 Release notes (2018-6-12)
diff --git a/dependencies.list b/dependencies.list
index 92d8e740..c8f7b685 100644
--- a/dependencies.list
+++ b/dependencies.list
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PACKAGE_NAME=realm-js
 VERSION=2.8.2
-REALM_CORE_VERSION=5.6.0
-REALM_SYNC_VERSION=3.5.2
+REALM_CORE_VERSION=5.6.1
+REALM_SYNC_VERSION=3.5.3
 REALM_OBJECT_SERVER_VERSION=3.0.0
 
diff --git a/tests/js/query-tests.js b/tests/js/query-tests.js
index 9ccd43fc..88b55213 100644
--- a/tests/js/query-tests.js
+++ b/tests/js/query-tests.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 var Realm = require('realm');
 var TestCase = require('./asserts');
 var testCases = require('./query-tests.json');
+var schemas = require('./schemas');
 
 var typeConverters = {};
 
@@ -157,5 +158,11 @@ module.exports = {
     },
     testOrderingQueries: function() {
         runQuerySuite(testCases.orderingTests);
+    },
+    testMalformedQueries: function() {
+        var realm = new Realm({ schema: [schemas.StringOnly] });
+        TestCase.assertThrows(function() {
+            realm.objects(schemas.StringOnly.name).filtered('stringCol = $0');
+        }, "Request for argument at index 0 but no arguments are provided");
     }
 };