diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index dd134cc4..de0bc8e1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.5.1-rc0 20501000
+2.5.2-rc0 20502000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 29f301c4..6f82b4ec 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=2
 project.versioning.minor=5
-project.versioning.patch=1
+project.versioning.patch=2
 project.versioning.build=0
 #############################