diff --git a/.release b/.release
index 1aa250e01a45c9afcc2c16a62913533f2c397971..9d87499b239181b47cedcb9f21a78a1ed501eba8 100644
--- a/.release
+++ b/.release
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-release=0.5.1
-tag=lmcbaseclasses-0.5.1
+release=0.5.2
+tag=lmcbaseclasses-0.5.2
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ca9cfc19121aff2e7766784a4084e06e92110850..2fff931628693932e28ff833059cb9fbfa58dd1f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The lmc-base-classe repository contains set of eight classes as mentioned in SKA
 
 ## Version History
 
-#### (unreleased)
+#### 0.5.2
 - Change ska_logger dependency to use ska-namespaced package (v0.3.0).  No change to usage.
  
 #### 0.5.1
diff --git a/src/ska/base/release.py b/src/ska/base/release.py
index 9f326dd85d6c7f2833e1cf11dd09238d72f53d9e..65992ce6db7eb209e9df9b3418ac77015a132dde 100644
--- a/src/ska/base/release.py
+++ b/src/ska/base/release.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 """Release information for lmc-base-classes Python Package"""
 
 name = """lmcbaseclasses"""
-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.5.2"
 version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """A set of generic base devices for SKA Telescope."""
 author = "SKA India and SARAO"