diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 43397aa7f..b5e915730 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "5.1.19"
+  ".": "5.2.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d913e834e..c709528ac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@
 Standardise files with files in sous-chefs/repo-management
 Standardise files with files in sous-chefs/repo-management
 
+## [5.2.0](https://github.com/sous-chefs/elasticsearch/compare/v5.1.19...v5.2.0) (2025-11-20)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **service:** Allow configuration of systemd service Restart directive ([#813](https://github.com/sous-chefs/elasticsearch/issues/813)) ([245f493](https://github.com/sous-chefs/elasticsearch/commit/245f493c098327d8b32cae86be8c6a5b83db1195))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **ci:** Update CI matrix ([#827](https://github.com/sous-chefs/elasticsearch/issues/827)) ([295aae6](https://github.com/sous-chefs/elasticsearch/commit/295aae62d29cb4206239ae023073b3709983d53b))
+* **service:** Add systemd unit option that prevents service from failing to start on Debian and Elasticsearch 8.x ([#826](https://github.com/sous-chefs/elasticsearch/issues/826)) ([#819](https://github.com/sous-chefs/elasticsearch/issues/819)) ([cb8c045](https://github.com/sous-chefs/elasticsearch/commit/cb8c0456cacf8598271f181f443c84ccd586c5fe))
+
 ## [5.1.19](https://github.com/sous-chefs/elasticsearch/compare/5.1.18...v5.1.19) (2025-10-15)
 
 
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 8f42d948f..43a4e3ef5 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 maintainer_email 'help@sous-chefs.org'
 license          'Apache-2.0'
 description      'Installs and configures Elasticsearch'
-version          '5.1.19'
+version          '5.2.0'
 issues_url       'https://github.com/sous-chefs/elasticsearch/issues'
 source_url       'https://github.com/sous-chefs/elasticsearch'
 chef_version     '>= 16.0'