diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ca49a09..0af2b07 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Similar to [dwm-flexipatch](https://github.com/bakkeby/dwm-flexipatch) this dmenu 5.1 (1e8c5b6,
-2022-09-01) project has a different take on patching. It uses preprocessor directives to decide
+Similar to [dwm-flexipatch](https://github.com/bakkeby/dwm-flexipatch) this dmenu 5.2 (1d2b462,
+2022-10-04) project has a different take on patching. It uses preprocessor directives to decide
 whether or not to include a patch during build time. Essentially this means that this build, for
 better or worse, contains both the patched _and_ the original code. The aim being that you can
 select which patches to include and the build will contain that code and nothing more.
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index 215aa14..29b96ca 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # dmenu version
-VERSION = 5.1
+VERSION = 5.2
 
 # paths
 PREFIX = /usr/local