diff --git a/CHANGES/v2.5.md b/CHANGES/v2.5.md
index e966f93f4e..fab825ac53 100644
--- a/CHANGES/v2.5.md
+++ b/CHANGES/v2.5.md
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ For users:
   - Numpy is not required anymore at build time (though it is required at runtime for our tests).
   - Raw python arrays can be passed as an alternative to Numpy ndarrays.
 
-## Version 2.5.2 (coming soon)
+## Version 2.5.2 (Jul 19, 2019)
 
 For users:
 - New shortcuts are available for selecting protein atoms: `@chi2-#`, `@chi3-#`,`@chi4-#` and `@chi5-#`
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5f01ae601a..58e037e1dc 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # (this is same as gromacs)
 # Notice that "plumed info --version" will return only 2.X
 # and "plumed info --long-version" will return the full string
-2.5.1
+2.5.2