diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.52.0.adoc b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.52.0.adoc
index 6c0e7d05c0..45e7f0a244 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.52.0.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.52.0.adoc
@@ -182,6 +182,14 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
  * The "debug" ref-backend was missing a method implementation, which
    has been corrected.
 
+ * Build procedure for Wincred credential helper has been updated.
+
+ * The build procedure based on meson learned to allow builders to
+   specify the directory to install HTML documents.
+
+ * Building "git contacts" script (in contrib/) left the resulting
+   file unexecutable, which has been corrected.
+
 
 Fixes since v2.51
 -----------------
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 4929570f2c..a6b31f2857 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-DEF_VER=v2.52.0-rc1
+DEF_VER=v2.52.0-rc2
 
 LF='
 '