diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e83992147de4ae7b50d6f36a5f8444e8e8c40ae0..4bfd23d113eca9e3d0db14e6dcd9a53431c533a7 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 OpenLDAP 2.5 Change Log
 
-OpenLDAP 2.5.2alpha Engineering
+OpenLDAP 2.5.2beta Release
 	Changes not tracked
diff --git a/build/version.var b/build/version.var
index 84a40514e27acd08227e6b5dbdcbfb225a937ad8..6be8e76e5b38a3fb2f10068f4c989e9f1889f0d5 100644
--- a/build/version.var
+++ b/build/version.var
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 ol_package=OpenLDAP
 ol_major=2
 ol_minor=5
-ol_patch=X
-ol_api_inc=20501
+ol_patch=2
+ol_api_inc=20502
 ol_api_current=0
 ol_api_revision=1
 ol_api_age=0
-ol_release_date="2021/02/05"
+ol_release_date="2021/02/26"