diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index b0008cc28b..1d81ada4d9 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+## 5.2.2
+### Bugfixes
+- Fixed a bug where rootless Podman could fail to validate the runtime's volume path on systems with a symlinked `/home` ([#23515](https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/23515)).
+
 ## 5.2.1
 ### Bugfixes
 - Fixed a bug where Podman could sometimes save an incorrect container state to the database, which could cause a number of issues including but not limited to attempting to clean up containers twice ([#21569](https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/21569)).
diff --git a/version/rawversion/version.go b/version/rawversion/version.go
index f4615e373f..eec284294f 100644
--- a/version/rawversion/version.go
+++ b/version/rawversion/version.go
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ package rawversion
 //
 // NOTE: remember to bump the version at the top of the top-level README.md
 // file when this is bumped.
-const RawVersion = "5.2.2-dev"
+const RawVersion = "5.2.3-dev"