diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f709343c1fcb25b06fcfb6442f584994de72defc..1e5e6cb34a71c32dcacd27b92499b276b7516e94 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ include(cmake/CheckAtomic.cmake)
 include(CTest)
 
 set (opendht_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
-set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 5.1)
+set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 5.2)
 set (opendht_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION_MAJOR}.${opendht_VERSION_MINOR})
 set (PACKAGE_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION})
 set (VERSION "${opendht_VERSION}")
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bfd9ce9d5ff57a7b045ed1234d950c1ca1c73f79..a7339972e6a8e366abb12d5005a03c83deea44fd 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl define macros
 m4_define([opendht_major_version], 2)
 m4_define([opendht_minor_version], 5)
-m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 1)
+m4_define([opendht_patch_version], 2)
 m4_define([opendht_version],
 		  [opendht_major_version.opendht_minor_version.opendht_patch_version])
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4997e79d8e5a01fa71cb082935e9d77a8458e2be..b4470d0680281d3c1bdbee39574c91a36fa74437 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('opendht', 'c', 'cpp',
-    version: '2.5.1',
+    version: '2.5.2',
     default_options: [
         'cpp_std=c++17',
         'warning_level=3'