diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index 778686860..49095f66e 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Latest changes
 
+## 0.52.0
+
 * Add new high-performance JSON response class using `orjson`. New docs: [Custom Response - HTML, Stream, File, others: `ORJSONResponse`](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/advanced/custom-response/#use-orjsonresponse). PR [#1065](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/1065).
 
 ## 0.51.0
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index 680abe901..af924de86 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.51.0"
+__version__ = "0.52.0"
 
 from starlette import status