diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index f33c1f84a..c8def1535 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -631,3 +631,6 @@ Han Gao <rabenda.cn@gmail.com>
 mischief <mischief@offblast.org>
 StefanStojanovic <stefan.stojanovic@janeasystems.com>
 Przemysław Sobala <przemyslaw.sobala@grupawp.pl>
+Quaylyn Rimer <31830590+killerdevildog@users.noreply.github.com>
+Yasser Nascimento <dev@yasser.email>
+Rudi Heitbaum <rudi@heitbaum.com>
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7bb44586c..0a4fd4b51 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,34 @@
+2026.03.06, Version 1.52.1 (Stable)
+
+Changes since version 1.52.0:
+
+* misc: add simple clang-tidy setup (Jameson Nash)
+
+* unix: check RLIMIT_AS and RLIMIT_DATA in uv_get_constrained_memory (Jameson
+  Nash)
+
+* win: add fs-fd-hash-inl.h to tarball (tobil4sk)
+
+* unix,win: support NULL loop for sync uv_getaddrinfo (Saúl Ibarra Corretgé)
+
+* Fix const-correctness warning in linux.c (Quaylyn Rimer)
+
+* build(deps): bump actions/upload-artifact from 6 to 7 (dependabot[bot])
+
+* build(deps): bump actions/download-artifact from 7 to 8 (dependabot[bot])
+
+* unix: fix compilation warnings with GCC 15 (Saúl Ibarra Corretgé)
+
+* test: remove conditionals from `uv_thread_self` usage (Yasser Nascimento)
+
+* unix: fix discard const (Rudi Heitbaum)
+
+* unix: do not cast to char variables that are const char (Rudi Heitbaum)
+
+* linux: fix crash if poll callback closes handle before `POLLERR` (Juan José
+  Arboleda)
+
+
 2026.02.11, Version 1.52.0 (Stable), b556c0629d0fd250b5feefbc91b84c6f5e3dae48
 
 Changes since version 1.51.0:
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5911ec8c7..c5246110a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
-AC_INIT([libuv], [1.52.0], [https://github.com/libuv/libuv/issues])
+AC_INIT([libuv], [1.52.1], [https://github.com/libuv/libuv/issues])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 m4_include([m4/libuv-extra-automake-flags.m4])
 m4_include([m4/as_case.m4])
diff --git a/include/uv/version.h b/include/uv/version.h
index 5b5552873..70f071a47 100644
--- a/include/uv/version.h
+++ b/include/uv/version.h
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 #define UV_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define UV_VERSION_MINOR 52
 #define UV_VERSION_PATCH 1
-#define UV_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
-#define UV_VERSION_SUFFIX "dev"
+#define UV_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
+#define UV_VERSION_SUFFIX ""
 
 #define UV_VERSION_HEX  ((UV_VERSION_MAJOR << 16) | \
                          (UV_VERSION_MINOR <<  8) | \
diff --git a/m4/libuv-check-versions.m4 b/m4/libuv-check-versions.m4
index ce415cc50..795b07571 100644
--- a/m4/libuv-check-versions.m4
+++ b/m4/libuv-check-versions.m4
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
-AC_PREREQ(2.72)
+AC_PREREQ(2.71)
 AC_INIT([libuv-release-check], [0.0])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.17])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.16.5])
 LT_PREREQ(2.4.7)
 AC_OUTPUT