diff --git a/cde/HISTORY b/cde/HISTORY
index 97a83e042..5243c32cd 100644
--- a/cde/HISTORY
+++ b/cde/HISTORY
@@ -6,6 +6,50 @@ use 'git log', or peruse the commit history at:
 https://sourceforge.net/p/cdesktopenv/code/commit_browser
 
 
+#######################################################################
+### 2.5.2 (stable) 11/18/2023
+
+This is mainly a bugfix release addressing various issues.
+
+Shortlog:
+
+Cy Schubert (1):
+      Fix build under LLVM15
+
+Jon Trulson (9):
+      Apply various patches from Giacomo Comes <comes@naic.edu>
+      Patch from Giacomo Comes: rename ksh manpage to ksh-cde
+      Add DesktopNames=CDE to cde.desktop
+      pgadmin.dt: set icon from pgadmin to pgadmin3
+      dtfile/dterror.ds: fix script defines typo
+      dtksh: enable SHOPT_ECHOPRINT
+      dticon, dtpad, dtterm: fix session save issues (sprintf bogosity)
+      lib/DtHelp: strmove(): return memmove() result
+      .gitignore: add new locations of dtsession/dtlogin PAM files
+
+Peter Howkins (3):
+      (Pascal Stumpf) Makefile.am change several places where ${prefix} should be $(CDE_INSTALLATION_TOP)
+      (Pascal Stumpf) CDE doesn't provide the ksh binary, don't install the manpage for it
+      (Pascal Stumpf) dtlogin: On OpenBSD start X as root (it drops privileges later)
+
+hyousatsu (15):
+      DtTerm: fix a segfault by allocating a string dynamically.
+      dtwm: fix a title bar resizing issue.
+      dtwm: fix compiler warnings.
+      dtwm: add support for _NET_WM_VISIBLE_NAME and _NET_WM_VISIBLE_ICON_NAME.
+      dtwm: optimize EWMH processing.
+      localized: fix the character encoding errors in zh_TW.UTF-8.
+      dtwm: add a new feature -- window rename.
+      dtwm: optimize EWMH processing.
+      dtwm: support _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE and _NET_WM_STATE_BELOW.
+      dtsession: change the maximum size of cover dialog to fullscreen.
+      dtlogin: use sessreg to manage utmp/wtmp.
+      dtwm: fix a segfault.
+      dtstyle: make the style manager recognize wheel mouse correctly.
+      tt: make the ttserver process events properly.
+      dtsession: fix a crash.
+
+
 #######################################################################
 ### 2.5.1 (stable) 10/1/2022
 
diff --git a/cde/configure.ac b/cde/configure.ac
index 929ad26b2..13fdab9f4 100644
--- a/cde/configure.ac
+++ b/cde/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl When changing the version below, also change the CDE_VERSION_* macros
 dnl to match further below
 AC_INIT([Common Desktop Environment],
-        [2.5.1],
+        [2.5.2],
         [https://sourceforge.net/projects/cdesktopenv],
         [cde],
         [https://sourceforge.net/projects/cdesktopenv])
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dnl global CDE versioning
 
 CDE_VERSION_MAJOR=2
 CDE_VERSION_MINOR=5
-CDE_VERSION_MICRO=1
+CDE_VERSION_MICRO=2
 dnl this is blank for a release, or contains an alpha character to indicate a
 dnl dev release.
 CDE_VERSION_DEV=