diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index eb958c9a..e1ea4222 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.1.10-rc0 50110000
+5.2.0-rc0 50200000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 5424ed61..f7acd76e 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ### Updated by tools/release/bump.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=5
-project.versioning.minor=1
-project.versioning.patch=10
+project.versioning.minor=2
+project.versioning.patch=0
 project.versioning.build=0
 project.versioning.type=rc
 #############################