diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e4512315457..9381744b8d8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
-Release 3.5.2 (in development)
-==============================
-
-Dependencies
-------------
-
-Incompatible changes
---------------------
-
-Deprecated
-----------
-
-Features added
---------------
+Release 3.5.2 (released Mar 06, 2021)
+=====================================
 
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
@@ -20,9 +8,6 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #8936: LaTeX: A custom LaTeX builder fails with unknown node error
 * #8952: Exceptions raised in a Directive cause parallel builds to hang
 
-Testing
---------
-
 Release 3.5.1 (released Feb 16, 2021)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index a5cf2206484..d7e50097ee1 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', "'U' mode is deprecated",
                         DeprecationWarning, module='docutils.io')
 
-__version__ = '3.5.2+'
+__version__ = '3.5.2'
 __released__ = '3.5.2'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 
 #: Version info for better programmatic use.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #:
 #: .. versionadded:: 1.2
 #:    Before version 1.2, check the string ``sphinx.__version__``.
-version_info = (3, 5, 2, 'beta', 0)
+version_info = (3, 5, 2, 'final', 0)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))