diff --git a/NEWS.adoc b/NEWS.adoc
index 8c4154c..8dfdce1 100644
--- a/NEWS.adoc
+++ b/NEWS.adoc
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 DeuTex release notes
 ====================
 
+5.2.1 (2019-08-10)
+------------------
+
+Build systems
+-------------
+  * `./configure` was broken in 5.2.0 for systems without AsciiDoc
+    installed.  It now properly checks for a2x conditionally along
+    with the possible `--disable-man` parameter.
+
 5.2.0 (2019-06-23)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e0bd01f..c13b4a0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([DeuTex], [5.2.0], [https://github.com/Doom-Utils/deutex/issues])
+AC_INIT([DeuTex], [5.2.1], [https://github.com/Doom-Utils/deutex/issues])
 AC_PACKAGE_URL([https://github.com/Doom-Utils/deutex])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
 AC_PROG_CC