diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index 73462a5a1..f225a78ad 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.5.1
+2.5.2
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5555654bc..29101e732 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('dxvk', ['c', 'cpp'], version : 'v2.5.1', meson_version : '>= 0.58', default_options : [ 'cpp_std=c++17', 'b_vscrt=static_from_buildtype', 'warning_level=2' ])
+project('dxvk', ['c', 'cpp'], version : 'v2.5.2', meson_version : '>= 0.58', default_options : [ 'cpp_std=c++17', 'b_vscrt=static_from_buildtype', 'warning_level=2' ])
 
 pkg = import('pkgconfig')
 cpu_family = target_machine.cpu_family()
diff --git a/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp b/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
index b13eb2732..76a8a1b4e 100644
--- a/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
+++ b/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ namespace dxvk {
       appInfo.pApplicationName      = appName.c_str();
       appInfo.applicationVersion    = flags.raw();
       appInfo.pEngineName           = "DXVK";
-      appInfo.engineVersion         = VK_MAKE_API_VERSION(0, 2, 5, 1);
+      appInfo.engineVersion         = VK_MAKE_API_VERSION(0, 2, 5, 2);
       appInfo.apiVersion            = VK_MAKE_API_VERSION(0, 1, 3, 0);
 
       VkInstanceCreateInfo info = { VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_INSTANCE_CREATE_INFO };