diff --git a/docs/content/news.md b/docs/content/news.md
index 7a9a5873..d9d7bca3 100644
--- a/docs/content/news.md
+++ b/docs/content/news.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <span id="news"></span>
 # Changelog
 
-## unreleased
+## 25.2.0 - 2026-03-24
 
 ### New Features
 
diff --git a/gunicorn/__init__.py b/gunicorn/__init__.py
index 13db58b9..26a9e00a 100644
--- a/gunicorn/__init__.py
+++ b/gunicorn/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This file is part of gunicorn released under the MIT license.
 # See the NOTICE for more information.
 
-version_info = (25, 1, 0)
+version_info = (25, 2, 0)
 __version__ = ".".join([str(v) for v in version_info])
 SERVER = "gunicorn"
 SERVER_SOFTWARE = "%s/%s" % (SERVER, __version__)