Your board's bootloader must be 0.6.1 or later to be able to load CircuitPython 8.2.0 or later.
Older versions of Adafruit's nRF52840 boards were shipped with a bootloader that does not handle large UF2's, including CircuitPython 8.2.0 and later, and has other issues. To check whether you need to update the bootloader, double-click the reset button, and look in the ...BOOT
drive for INFO_UF2.TXT.
Inside that file, check the version number of the bootloader. There are multiple version numbers. Look for the number just after "UF2 Bootloader" on the first line. See the picture below It should be 0.6.1 or newer.
The Adafruit nRF52 Bootloader can be upgraded/downgraded without any additional hardware. There are 3 different ways to update the bootloader, each has its pros and cons:
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