diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c6686eba0d..6f5b398bf2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.52.0
+------
+
+
 0.51.0
 ------
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3fc1b8321e..bc11f3430a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ endif()
 message(STATUS "Configuring OpenMW...")
 
 set(OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
-set(OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR 51)
+set(OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR 52)
 set(OPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE 0)
 set(OPENMW_LUA_API_REVISION 129)
 set(OPENMW_POSTPROCESSING_API_REVISION 5)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ad3e9b1e19..d777ba8ef5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ OpenMW is an open-source open-world RPG game engine that supports playing Morrow
 
 OpenMW also comes with OpenMW-CS, a replacement for Bethesda's Construction Set.
 
-* Version: 0.51.0
+* Version: 0.52.0
 * License: GPLv3 (see [LICENSE](https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw/-/raw/master/LICENSE) for more information)
 * Website: https://www.openmw.org
 * IRC: #openmw on irc.libera.chat
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwstate/statemanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwstate/statemanagerimp.cpp
index a39f739266..08e8beb860 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwstate/statemanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwstate/statemanagerimp.cpp
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ void MWState::StateManager::loadGame(const Character* character, const std::file
         {
             // Insert additional else if statements above to cover future releases
             static_assert(ESM::MinSupportedSaveGameFormatVersion <= ESM::OpenMW0_49MinSaveGameFormatVersion);
-            release = "OpenMW 0.51.0";
+            release = "OpenMW 0.52.0";
         }
         auto l10n = MWBase::Environment::get().getL10nManager()->getContext("OMWEngine");
         std::string error = l10n->formatMessage("LoadingRequiresOldVersionError", { "version" }, { release });