diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 24c76f5..9d974c3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
   Virt Viewer News
   ================
 
+0.5.2: Mar 01, 2012
+-------------------
+
+  - Import newer translations from transifex
+  - remote-viewer learned Spice controller customizable key bindings,
+    smartcard property, and foreign menu
+  - Fix Spice crash on re-connection
+  - Fix connecting via ssh to a password-protected server
+
 0.5.1: Feb 17, 2012
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ac81689..83f606f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-AC_INIT(virt-viewer, 0.5.1)
+AC_INIT(virt-viewer, 0.5.2)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/virt-viewer-main.c)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
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