diff --git a/libpq-fe.h_localisation.patch b/libpq-fe.h_localisation.patch
index 75f0f4a..17538a3 100644
--- a/libpq-fe.h_localisation.patch
+++ b/libpq-fe.h_localisation.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/src/postgres/client.c
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.52/src/postgres/client.c
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.51.orig/src/postgres/client.c
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.51/src/postgres/client.c
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.52.orig/src/postgres/client.c
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.52/src/postgres/client.c
 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Postgres Client
  ***********************************************************************************************************************************/
  #include "build.auto.h"
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/src/postgres/client.c
  
  #include "common/debug.h"
  #include "common/log.h"
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/src/configure
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.52/src/configure
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.51.orig/src/configure
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.51/src/configure
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.52.orig/src/configure
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.52/src/configure
 @@ -3655,12 +3655,12 @@ else $as_nop
    as_fn_error $? "library 'pq' is required" "$LINENO" 5
  fi
diff --git a/pgbackrest-2.51.tar.gz b/pgbackrest-2.51.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index a5c8dfa..0000000
--- a/pgbackrest-2.51.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:9fa6760032927de448251fb1e5b824e2d17caf560796e74947275b72dc20ed2a
-size 6119922
diff --git a/pgbackrest-2.52.tar.gz b/pgbackrest-2.52.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3096183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pgbackrest-2.52.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:ceac28184780d56201a7ef645eaade48fa5e42f06c6aab10d599d315c4d04f63
+size 2678821
diff --git a/pgbackrest.changes b/pgbackrest.changes
index 84b3ec8..c544cb9 100644
--- a/pgbackrest.changes
+++ b/pgbackrest.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri May 31 13:27:30 UTC 2024 - Andrea Manzini <andrea.manzini@suse.com>
+
+- update to version 2.52
+  * Add GCS batch delete support
+  * S3 SSE-C encryption support
+  * PostgreSQL 17 support
+  * Update start/stop documentation to reflect actual functionality.
+
+- switch rpm build to meson build system
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Mar 29 09:05:56 UTC 2024 - Andrea Manzini <andrea.manzini@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/pgbackrest.spec b/pgbackrest.spec
index 6f4f63a..fcdca2b 100644
--- a/pgbackrest.spec
+++ b/pgbackrest.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 %define services pgbackrest.target pgbackrest-diff@.service pgbackrest-full@.service pgbackrest-incr@.service pgbackrest.service pgbackrest-diff@.timer pgbackrest-full@.timer pgbackrest-incr@.timer
 Name:           pgbackrest
-Version:        2.51
+Version:        2.52
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Reliable PostgreSQL Backup & Restore
 License:        MIT
@@ -40,12 +40,15 @@ Source98:       README.SUSE
 Source99:       series
 Patch0:         libpq-fe.h_localisation.patch
 Patch1:         use-run-pgbackrest.patch
+BuildRequires:  libbacktrace-devel
 BuildRequires:  libyaml-devel
-BuildRequires:  openssl-devel
+BuildRequires:  meson
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(bzip2)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libpq)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libssh2)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libxml-2.0)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(openssl)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(systemd)
 # This is a bit awkward as we only need this for directory ownership
 Requires(pre):  postgresql-server
@@ -82,14 +85,11 @@ The following features are available:
 
 %build
 cp %{SOURCE98} .
-pushd src
-%configure
-# make_build doesn't work on sle12, as long we want to support that we can not use the macro here
-%make_build
-popd
+%meson
+%meson_build
 
 %install
-%make_install -C src
+%meson_install
 
 install -D -d -m 0700                         \
   %{buildroot}%{_localstatedir}/lib/%{name}   \
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ install -D -m 0644 \
 # Tests are only available with Vagrant
 # We just test that the binary works.
 %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/%{name} version || exit 1
+%meson_test
 
 %pre
 %service_add_pre %{services}
diff --git a/use-run-pgbackrest.patch b/use-run-pgbackrest.patch
index 1ba045f..92e6cba 100644
--- a/use-run-pgbackrest.patch
+++ b/use-run-pgbackrest.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/CODING.md
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.52/CODING.md
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.51.orig/CODING.md
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.51/CODING.md
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.52.orig/CODING.md
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.52/CODING.md
 @@ -268,11 +268,11 @@ Continuation characters should be aligne
  
  This function can be called without variable parameters:
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/CODING.md
  ```
  If the majority of functions in a module or object are variadic it is best to provide macros for all functions even if they do not have variable parameters. Do not use the base function when variadic macros exist.
  
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/doc/resource/git-history.cache
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.52/doc/resource/git-history.cache
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.51.orig/doc/resource/git-history.cache
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.51/doc/resource/git-history.cache
-@@ -7586,7 +7586,7 @@
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.52.orig/doc/resource/git-history.cache
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.52/doc/resource/git-history.cache
+@@ -7784,7 +7784,7 @@
      {
          "commit": "a1365b26d4c2383eaacea3714eeb521435ca79aa",
          "date": "2021-01-18 23:41:09 -0500",
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/doc/resource/git-history.cache
      },
      {
          "commit": "8322dfd7af97e307b952cfb37e6a65b65f55be0f",
-@@ -10402,8 +10402,8 @@
+@@ -10600,8 +10600,8 @@
      {
          "commit": "3fbfcba811499a59b943dd893eef9ff52090f7b6",
          "date": "2020-03-16 17:27:01 -0400",
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/doc/resource/git-history.cache
      },
      {
          "commit": "46911c64c19dc8ff76d2a6ff4548fc01647043e0",
-@@ -12303,7 +12303,7 @@
+@@ -12501,7 +12501,7 @@
          "commit": "45881c74aeff4bb25559ec0254fa7fc1960d9cab",
          "date": "2019-10-08 12:06:30 -0400",
          "subject": "Allow most unit tests to run outside of a container.",
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/doc/resource/git-history.cache
      },
      {
          "commit": "77b0c6c993a0e6ff45a6a99f343c3709a016d152",
-@@ -20790,7 +20790,7 @@
+@@ -20988,7 +20988,7 @@
          "commit": "18fd25233b1db7b3197f5d8dc537d239dcfc7aba",
          "date": "2016-04-14 09:30:54 -0400",
          "subject": "New simpler configuration and consistent project/exe/path naming.",
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/doc/resource/git-history.cache
      },
      {
          "commit": "885797e4b58a675487a3531ba16908c1d1e9f970",
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/doc/xml/coding.xml
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.52/doc/xml/coding.xml
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.51.orig/doc/xml/coding.xml
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.51/doc/xml/coding.xml
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.52.orig/doc/xml/coding.xml
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.52/doc/xml/coding.xml
 @@ -365,13 +365,13 @@ void storagePathCreate(const Storage *th
              <p>This function can be called without variable parameters:</p>
  
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/doc/xml/coding.xml
              </code-block>
  
              <p>If the majority of functions in a module or object are variadic it is best to provide macros for all functions even if they do not have variable parameters. Do not use the base function when variadic macros exist.</p>
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/doc/xml/release/2016/1.00.xml
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.52/doc/xml/release/2016/1.00.xml
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.51.orig/doc/xml/release/2016/1.00.xml
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.51/doc/xml/release/2016/1.00.xml
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.52.orig/doc/xml/release/2016/1.00.xml
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.52/doc/xml/release/2016/1.00.xml
 @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
                      <release-item-contributor id="david.steele"/>
                  </release-item-contributor-list> -->
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/doc/xml/release/2016/1.00.xml
              </release-item>
  
              <release-item>
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/src/build/config/config.yaml
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.52/src/build/config/config.yaml
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.51.orig/src/build/config/config.yaml
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.51/src/build/config/config.yaml
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.52.orig/src/build/config/config.yaml
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.52/src/build/config/config.yaml
 @@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ option:
    lock-path:
      section: global
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/src/build/config/config.yaml
      command:
        annotate: {}
        archive-get: {}
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/src/config/parse.auto.c.inc
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.52/src/config/parse.auto.c.inc
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.51.orig/src/config/parse.auto.c.inc
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.51/src/config/parse.auto.c.inc
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.52.orig/src/config/parse.auto.c.inc
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.52/src/config/parse.auto.c.inc
 @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Rule Strings
  
  static const StringPub parseRuleValueStr[] =
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/src/config/parse.auto.c.inc
      PARSE_RULE_STRPUB("/var/lib/pgbackrest"),                                                                             // val/str
      PARSE_RULE_STRPUB("/var/log/pgbackrest"),                                                                             // val/str
      PARSE_RULE_STRPUB("/var/spool/pgbackrest"),                                                                           // val/str
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/test/ci.pl
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.52/test/ci.pl
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.51.orig/test/ci.pl
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.51/test/ci.pl
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.52.orig/test/ci.pl
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.52/test/ci.pl
 @@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ eval
              $strPackage .= " libdbd-pg-perl";
          }
@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/test/ci.pl
          processEnd();
  
          processBegin('install test packages');
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/test/src/module/command/helpTest.c
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.52/test/src/module/command/helpTest.c
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.51.orig/test/src/module/command/helpTest.c
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.51/test/src/module/command/helpTest.c
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.52.orig/test/src/module/command/helpTest.c
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.52/test/src/module/command/helpTest.c
 @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ testRun(void)
              "                                      [default=n]\n"
              "  --io-timeout                        I/O timeout [default=60]\n"
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/test/src/module/command/helpTest.c
              "  --neutral-umask                     use a neutral umask [default=y]\n"
              "  --process-max                       max processes to use for\n"
              "                                      compress/transfer [default=1]\n"
-Index: pgbackrest-release-2.51/test/Vagrantfile
+Index: pgbackrest-release-2.52/test/Vagrantfile
 ===================================================================
---- pgbackrest-release-2.51.orig/test/Vagrantfile
-+++ pgbackrest-release-2.51/test/Vagrantfile
+--- pgbackrest-release-2.52.orig/test/Vagrantfile
++++ pgbackrest-release-2.52/test/Vagrantfile
 @@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
              sudo /etc/init.d/virtualbox-guest-utils stop
              sudo /usr/sbin/VBoxService --timesync-set-on-restore --timesync-interval 5000 --timesync-set-threshold 1