diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 791577ae..1c7dde7d 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.2.1-rc0 50201000
+5.2.2-rc0 50202000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 9d732e3d..df92d44c 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ### Updated by tools/release/bump.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=5
 project.versioning.minor=2
-project.versioning.patch=1
+project.versioning.patch=2
 project.versioning.build=0
 project.versioning.type=rc
 #############################