diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index bfe444bc..608ed455 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.2.3-rc0 50203000
+5.2.4-rc0 50204000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index c04b1c5a..861751ba 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=3
+project.versioning.patch=4
 project.versioning.build=0
 project.versioning.type=rc
 #############################