VERSION      | 2 +-
 doc/news.rst | 7 +++++++

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 830b5eadf3204a77254c230c842e11980627b7721e13ce3b58dcbeb91e9b03af..df8e58ac3370d0236857c3309db19793095a2ca909b129c0f0981d1d0812a35b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.1
+5.2
diff --git a/doc/news.rst b/doc/news.rst
index 9c775824a8b98667b16bd5dde9beb0a83f85152ff6a17ac18ae362d6a089680e..59c75d49120200437b81125d978af84ab146b82b42e29d9f7df7ff3c0c86d374 100644
--- a/doc/news.rst
+++ b/doc/news.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 News
 ====
 
+.. _release5.2:
+
+5.2
+---
+* Fix fallbacked ``colored()`` function workability,
+  if no ``termcolor`` is installed
+
 .. _release5.1:
 
 5.1