Prepare release 0.5.2

Change-Id: I32adf57b09e27107b87f293bb785d6f67db4b558
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index cef5a82..fc787f8 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Release Notes
 =============
 
+## Version 0.5.2
+
+- The build requirements have been upgraded to gcc >= 5.3 or clang >= 3.6.
+  This effectively drops support for all versions of Ubuntu older
+  than 16.04 that use distribution-provided compilers and packages.
+
+- Transition to v0.3 packet format (Issues #4691 and #4684)
+
 ## Version 0.5.1
 
 - Fix forceful shutdown of `Face` when destructing `Logic` instance
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index e40914f..2cc5d04 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- Mode: python; py-indent-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; coding: utf-8; -*-
 
-VERSION = '0.5.1'
+VERSION = '0.5.2'
 APPNAME = 'ChronoSync'
 GIT_TAG_PREFIX = ''