diff --git a/java/CHANGES.txt b/java/CHANGES.txt
index a985ebd4..6500cbcc 100644
--- a/java/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/java/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,23 @@
 
+Release 0.5.2 - 2011/04/23
+  NEW FEATURES
+    MSGPACK-6 Added TemplatePrecompiler program
+
+    Added built-in templates of BigDecimal and Date classes.
+
+    Added @MessagePackBeans annotation that enables you to serialize/deserialize
+    JavaBeans.
+
+  BUG FIXES
+    MSGPACK-4 Fixes the deserialization routine of Long value
+
+  IMPROVEMENTS
+    #13 Improves handling of ClassLoader on Javasisst template builder.
+
+    MSGPACK-7 Improves compatibility with Java 1.5. Now it runs on JRE 5.
+    It is tested on Jenkins CI: http://ci.msgpack.org/job/java-jre5/
+
+
 Release 0.5.1 - 2010/12/14
   BUG FIXES
     Fixes cast error on GenericArrayType
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index b9abaa41..50e70986 100755
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.msgpack</groupId>
   <artifactId>msgpack</artifactId>
-  <version>0.5.1-devel</version>
+  <version>0.5.2-devel</version>
   <description>MessagePack for Java</description>
 
   <name>MessagePack for Java</name>