diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4862313de..4dfbed6f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-## 1.5.2 (Upcoming)
+## 1.5.2 (February 12, 2020)
 **New Builder** The vsphere-iso builder, previously maintained by JetBrains,
 has been merged with the Packer core. It will be officially supported by the
 Packer team at HashiCorp moving forward. [GH-8480]
 
-**HCL2 variables & functions** HCL2 configurations can now use `variable`, 
+**HCL2 variables & functions** HCL2 configurations can now use `variable`,
 `variables`, `locals`, and functions [GH-8588].
 
 ### IMPROVEMENTS:
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index f83d80332..409e93f56 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const Version = "1.5.2"
 // A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 // then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 // such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-const VersionPrerelease = "dev"
+const VersionPrerelease = ""
 
 func FormattedVersion() string {
 	var versionString bytes.Buffer
diff --git a/website/config.rb b/website/config.rb
index de2b97c4e..6e5ad4ef8 100644
--- a/website/config.rb
+++ b/website/config.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ set :base_url, "https://www.packer.io/"
 
 activate :hashicorp do |h|
   h.name         = "packer"
-  h.version      = "1.5.1"
+  h.version      = "1.5.2"
   h.github_slug  = "hashicorp/packer"
   h.website_root = "website"
 end