diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 37fb0ac4b..8ef8b782e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Edit this release and run "make release"
-RELEASE=2.5.1
+RELEASE=2.5.2
 
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8dd5c0dfa..82e2a71a1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+tron (2.5.2) jammy; urgency=medium
+
+  * 2.5.2 tagged with 'make release'
+    Commit: Use vector-reader cli if new logging pipeline is enabled
+    (#999)  Thankfully, this was a pretty easy change - we really only
+    needed to parametrize the command name being used and the location
+    selector is now a lot simpler as it"ll always be the superregion
+
+ -- Luis Perez <luisp@yelp.com>  Mon, 30 Sep 2024 09:32:22 -0700
+
 tron (2.5.1) jammy; urgency=medium
 
   * 2.5.1 tagged with 'make release'
diff --git a/tron/__init__.py b/tron/__init__.py
index d4b18426a..eaf1d70a1 100644
--- a/tron/__init__.py
+++ b/tron/__init__.py
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 # setup phase, the dependencies may not exist on disk yet.
 #
 # Don't bump version manually. See `make release` docs in ./Makefile
-__version__ = "2.5.1"
+__version__ = "2.5.2"