diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0e01b1c8c4..a19c5a794a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 Version history:
 ------- -------
+ 1.5.2  - 25 September 2000
+         o fixes for Solaris 8
+         o fixes for gnome-print 0.23
+         o misc bug fixes
+
  1.5.1  - 18 September 2000
          o new Spanish translation
          o new Russion translation
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 691b830a63..13715b5980 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 ### commands depend on them):
 
 AC_INIT(src/guile/gnucash.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gnucash,1.5.1)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gnucash,1.5.2)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST