diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0976792d33..2fafb294a1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
-# Changelog
+
+## 8.5.2 /2025-01-17
+
+## What's Changed
+* Feat/use tx pool for set weights by @camfairchild in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2534
+* fix get_delegates result decoding by @roman-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2551
+* [SDK] Handle server connection limit  by @roman-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2553
+* Backmerge master to staging post 851 by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2557
+* [SDK] Improve InvalidStatus handler by @roman-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2558
+* [SDK] Add async version of commit reveal v3 by @roman-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2560
+* Use apt-get instead of apt for scripts by @camfairchild in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2571
+* fix _do_stake incorrect arguments error in staking.py by @Assh-codes in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2574
+* Updates tests for btwallet 3.0.0 by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2540
+* Bumps cr3 FFI by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2583
+
+## New Contributors
+* @Assh-codes made their first contribution in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2574
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/compare/v8.5.1...v8.5.2
 
 ## 8.5.1 /2024-12-16
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e0741a834a..bd0b85a9b1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.5.1
\ No newline at end of file
+8.5.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bittensor/core/settings.py b/bittensor/core/settings.py
index 04d94436ef..c5e9182678 100644
--- a/bittensor/core/settings.py
+++ b/bittensor/core/settings.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-__version__ = "8.5.1"
+__version__ = "8.5.2"
 
 import os
 import re