diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7e02b7f..dbc23b1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ servefile changelog
 ===================
 
 
-Unreleased
-----------
+2021-09-08 v0.5.2
+-----------------
+
+	0.5.2 released
 
 	* fixed bug where exception was shown on transmission abort with python3
 	* fixed wrong/outdated pyopenssl package names
diff --git a/servefile.1 b/servefile.1
index d5a49c6..a84c7a2 100644
--- a/servefile.1
+++ b/servefile.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH SERVEFILE 1 "September 2020" "servefile 0.5.1" "User Commands"
+.TH SERVEFILE 1 "September 2021" "servefile 0.5.2" "User Commands"
 
 .SH NAME
 servefile \- small HTTP-Server for temporary file transfer
diff --git a/servefile/servefile.py b/servefile/servefile.py
index 3fbc18d..72b19cb 100755
--- a/servefile/servefile.py
+++ b/servefile/servefile.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-__version__ = '0.5.1'
+__version__ = '0.5.2'
 
 import argparse
 import base64
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 49b3b6e..9edc38d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ setup(
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     platforms='posix',
-    version='0.5.1',
+    version='0.5.2',
     license='GPLv3 or later',
     url='https://github.com/sebageek/servefile/',
     author='Sebastian Lohff',
diff --git a/tests/test_servefile.py b/tests/test_servefile.py
index cf40243..717a3eb 100644
--- a/tests/test_servefile.py
+++ b/tests/test_servefile.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def _test_version(run_servefile, standalone):
         version = s.stdout.readline().decode().strip()
 
     # hardcode version as string until servefile is a module
-    assert version == 'servefile 0.5.1'
+    assert version == 'servefile 0.5.2'
 
 
 def test_version(run_servefile):