diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f45b346..54a9252 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "v2": "2.5.1"
+  "v2": "2.5.2"
 }
diff --git a/v2/CHANGELOG.md b/v2/CHANGELOG.md
index a69a0dc..b21620e 100644
--- a/v2/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/v2/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.5.2](https://github.com/glauth/glauth/compare/GLAuth-v2.5.1...GLAuth-v2.5.2) (2026-07-25)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* check plugin compatibility at release time ([700745e](https://github.com/glauth/glauth/commit/700745e640c5371361a58ef3c90245a4637c5224))
+
 ## [2.5.1](https://github.com/glauth/glauth/compare/GLAuth-v2.5.0...GLAuth-v2.5.1) (2026-07-18)
 
 
diff --git a/v2/internal/version/const.go b/v2/internal/version/const.go
index a1cf853..f42344a 100644
--- a/v2/internal/version/const.go
+++ b/v2/internal/version/const.go
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ package version
 
 // Version is the tag of the latest release, it gets changed by the ci
 // process when a release is happening
-const Version = "v2.5.1" // x-release-please-version
+const Version = "v2.5.2" // x-release-please-version