diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 09336a86215f9216c5ba32ba74d81e47bf095f27..593721a132bd4748d36f74dc1bce3a842389d474 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.5.2
+This is a maintenance release which only brings libraries up to date to fix
+potential bugs.
+
 ## 2.5.1
 This release fixes a performance issue on session creation affecting large
 installations.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a3215815a198c1ce1b7f5d0510182ddb6007e9d..adfdc2ce8ccf7e4ac194cb65cf758587f11ddd89 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>de.thm.arsnova</groupId>
 	<artifactId>arsnova-backend</artifactId>
-	<version>2.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.5.2</version>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 
 	<properties>