diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c8c9a2c46..709ed528b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 # add extra information using --with-extra="..." which may be any
 # freeform string.
 m4_define([libguestfs_major],   [1])
-m4_define([libguestfs_minor],   [51])
-m4_define([libguestfs_release], [10])
-m4_define([release_date],       [2023-12-19])
+m4_define([libguestfs_minor],   [52])
+m4_define([libguestfs_release], [0])
+m4_define([release_date],       [2024-01-05])
 
 AC_INIT([libguestfs],libguestfs_major.libguestfs_minor.libguestfs_release)
 AC_SUBST([RELEASE_DATE],release_date)
diff --git a/docs/guestfs-release-notes-1.52.pod b/docs/guestfs-release-notes-1.52.pod
index 879529793..6789dfe90 100644
--- a/docs/guestfs-release-notes-1.52.pod
+++ b/docs/guestfs-release-notes-1.52.pod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ guestfs-release-notes - libguestfs Release Notes
 These are the release notes for libguestfs stable release 1.52.
 This describes the major changes since 1.50.
 
-Libguestfs 1.52.0 was released on B<XXX XXX 2024>.
+Libguestfs 1.52.0 was released on B<5 January 2024>.
 
 =head2 Language bindings
 
diff --git a/po/libguestfs.pot b/po/libguestfs.pot
index dce23951d..8723cbb7a 100644
--- a/po/libguestfs.pot
+++ b/po/libguestfs.pot
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 #, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.51.10\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.52.0\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?"
 "component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-12-19 14:46+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2024-01-04 17:31+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/website/index.html.in b/website/index.html.in
index e7a03d6d5..9567a2103 100644
--- a/website/index.html.in
+++ b/website/index.html.in
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ LATEST-VERSION: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
   <a href="download/1.51-development/">Latest development version: <strong>@PACKAGE_VERSION@</strong></a> (released <strong>@RELEASE_DATE@</strong>).<br/>
   Stable branch:
   <strong>
+  <a href="download/1.52-stable/">1.52.x</a>,
   <a href="download/1.50-stable/">1.50.x</a>,
   <a href="download/1.48-stable/">1.48.x</a>
   </strong>