diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 5b59ada9..7c477030 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
              |_| \__,_|_|_/___|_.__/\__,_|_||_|
 
 =============================================================
-Fail2Ban (version 0.5.?)                           2005/??/??
+Fail2Ban (version 0.5.2)                           2005/08/06
 =============================================================
 
-ver. 0.5.? (2005/??/??) - ???
+ver. 0.5.2 (2005/08/06) - beta
 ----------
 - Better PID lock file handling. Should close #1239562
 - Added man pages
diff --git a/README b/README
index 96d4ca0e..4997742a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
              |_| \__,_|_|_/___|_.__/\__,_|_||_|
 
 =============================================================
-Fail2Ban (version 0.5.?)                           2005/??/??
+Fail2Ban (version 0.5.2)                           2005/08/06
 =============================================================
 
 Fail2Ban scans log files like /var/log/pwdfail and bans IP
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ Require: python-2.3 (http://www.python.org)
 
 To install, just do:
 
-> tar xvfj fail2ban-0.5.1.tar.bz2
-> cd fail2ban-0.5.1
+> tar xvfj fail2ban-0.5.2.tar.bz2
+> cd fail2ban-0.5.2
 > python setup.py install
 
 This will install Fail2Ban into /usr/lib/fail2ban. The fail2ban
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index eadf2ecb..b589afaa 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ __date__ = "$Date$"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
-version = "0.5.1-CVS"
+version = "0.5.2"