diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 635858469..2436207d0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+Overview of changes in GLib 2.52.0
+==================================
+
+* Bug fixes:
+ 779799 gdatetime test fails with tzdata 2017a
+ 780032 Add missing attributes to two functions
+ 780144 gio/fam: Remove leftover debug print
+
+* Translation updates:
+ French
+ Friulian
+ Latvian
+
+
 Overview of changes in GLib 2.51.5
 ==================================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 77044f8eb..02479b206 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ m4_define(glib_configure_ac)
 # <mclasen> on the unstable (ie master), interface age = 0
 
 m4_define([glib_major_version], [2])
-m4_define([glib_minor_version], [51])
-m4_define([glib_micro_version], [5])
+m4_define([glib_minor_version], [52])
+m4_define([glib_micro_version], [0])
 m4_define([glib_interface_age], [0])
 m4_define([glib_binary_age],
           [m4_eval(100 * glib_minor_version + glib_micro_version)])