diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 030272918d5..1a6feb86663 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.52.0
+* Enhancement: Support for ECS EXTERNAL launch type (ECS Anywhere) [#2849](https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/pull/2849)
+* Enhancement - Add support for ECS agent to acknowledge server heartbeat messages [#2837](https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/pull/2837)
+
 ## 1.51.0
 * Enhancement - Add configurable agent healthcheck localhost ip env var. [#2834](https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/pull/2834)
 * Bug - Fix bug that could incorrectly clean up pause container before other containers. [#2838](https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/pull/2838)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ba0a719118c..a63cb35e6f0 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.51.0
+1.52.0
diff --git a/agent/version/version.go b/agent/version/version.go
index 3202be0d0df..4065df8da67 100644
--- a/agent/version/version.go
+++ b/agent/version/version.go
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ package version
 // repository. Only the 'Version' const should change in checked-in source code
 
 // Version is the version of the Agent
-const Version = "1.51.0"
+const Version = "1.52.0"
 
 // GitDirty indicates the cleanliness of the git repo when this agent was built
 const GitDirty = true
 
 // GitShortHash is the short hash of this agent build
-const GitShortHash = "4e0a8b9a"
+const GitShortHash = "2bd05e54"