diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 91edbee8f..66276fd7c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Release 5.2.0.post0 (released Sep 24, 2022)
+===========================================
+
+* Recreated source tarballs for Debian maintainers.
+
 Release 5.2.0 (released Sep 24, 2022)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index 65cf7f79a..4a7472804 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', "'U' mode is deprecated",
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', 'The frontend.Option class .*',
                         DeprecationWarning, module='docutils.frontend')
 
-__version__ = '5.2.0'
+__version__ = '5.2.0.post0'
 __display_version__ = __version__  # used for command line version
 
 #: Version info for better programmatic use.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ __display_version__ = __version__  # used for command line version
 #:
 #: .. versionadded:: 1.2
 #:    Before version 1.2, check the string ``sphinx.__version__``.
-version_info = (5, 2, 0, 'final', 0)
+version_info = (5, 2, 0, 'final', 1)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))