diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ac4984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Git v1.8.5.2 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.8.5.1
+--------------------
+
+ * "git diff -- ':(icase)makefile'" was unnecessarily rejected at the
+   command line parser.
+
+ * "git cat-file --batch-check=ok" did not check the existence of
+   the named object.
+
+ * "git am --abort" sometimes complained about not being able to write
+   a tree with an 0{40} object in it.
+
+ * Two processes creating loose objects at the same time could have
+   failed unnecessarily when the name of their new objects started
+   with the same byte value, due to a race condition.
+
+Also contains typofixes, documentation updates and trivial code clean-ups.
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 4448ce2..cc0e5e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.8.5.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.5.1]
+* link:v1.8.5.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.5.2]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/1.8.5.2.txt[1.8.5.2],
   link:RelNotes/1.8.5.1.txt[1.8.5.1],
   link:RelNotes/1.8.5.txt[1.8.5].
 
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 6dd0ec1..0ec4d00 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.8.5.1
+DEF_VER=v1.8.5.2
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index 0064299..1efc120 120000
--- a/RelNotes
+++ b/RelNotes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.1.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.2.txt
\ No newline at end of file