diff --git a/CHANGELOG-5.2.md b/CHANGELOG-5.2.md
index 0b7a3974cf757..4708969f2be28 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG-5.2.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG-5.2.md
@@ -7,6 +7,40 @@ in 5.2 minor versions.
 To get the diff for a specific change, go to https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/XXX where XXX is the change hash
 To get the diff between two versions, go to https://github.com/symfony/symfony/compare/v5.2.0...v5.2.1
 
+* 5.2.0-RC1 (2020-11-10)
+
+ * bug #39004 [Messenger] Fix JSON deserialization of ErrorDetailsStamp and normalization of FlattenException::$statusText (Jean85)
+ * bug #38628 [DoctrineBridge]  indexBy could reference to association columns (juanmiguelbesada)
+ * bug #39021  [DependencyInjection] Optimize circular collection by removing flattening (jderusse)
+ * bug #39031 [Ldap] Fix pagination (jderusse)
+ * bug #39038 [DoctrineBridge]    also reset id readers (xabbuh)
+ * feature #39032 [Validator] Allow load mappings from attributes without doctrine/annotations (derrabus)
+ * feature #39022  [FrameworkBundle] Allow to use attribute-based configuration of routing/serializer without doctrine/annotations (derrabus)
+ * bug #39002 [Validator] Override the default option of the choice constraint (benji07)
+ * bug #39026 [Messenger] Fix DBAL deprecations in PostgreSqlConnection (chalasr)
+ * bug #39025 [DoctrineBridge] Fix DBAL deprecations in middlewares (derrabus)
+ * bug #38991 [Console] Fix ANSI when stdErr is not a tty (jderusse)
+ * bug #38980 [DependencyInjection] Fix circular reference with Factory + Lazy Iterrator (jderusse)
+ * bug #38986 [DoctrineBridge] accept converting Uid-as-strings to db-values (nicolas-grekas)
+ * feature #38850 [Messenger] Do not call getQueueUrl when the url is known in AmazonSqs transport (jderusse)
+ * feature #38940 [Messenger] Improve formatting of exception in failed message (Jeroen Noten)
+ * feature #38954 [HttpFundation][FrameworkBundle] Deprecate the HEADER_X_FORWARDED_ALL constant (jderusse)
+ * bug #38977 [HttpClient] Check status code before decoding content in TraceableResponse (chalasr)
+ * bug #38971 [PhpUnitBridge] fix replaying skipped tests (nicolas-grekas)
+ * bug #38910 [HttpKernel] Fix session initialized several times (jderusse)
+ * bug #38882 [DependencyInjection] Improve performances in CircualReference detection (jderusse)
+ * bug #38950 [Process] Dont test TTY if there is no TTY support (Nyholm)
+ * bug #38921 [PHPUnitBridge] Fixed crash on Windows with PHP 8 (villfa)
+ * feature #38919 [Console] Make error message more verbose (Nyholm)
+ * bug #38869 [SecurityBundle] inject only compatible token storage implementations for usage tracking (xabbuh)
+ * feature #38859 [HttpFoundation] Deprecate not passing a `Closure` together with `FILTER_CALLBACK` to `ParameterBag::filter()` (nicolas-grekas)
+ * bug #38894 [HttpKernel] Remove Symfony 3 compatibility code (derrabus)
+ * bug #38888 remove reflection-docblock from mime requirements (garak)
+ * bug #38895 [PhpUnitBridge] Fix wrong check for exporter in ConstraintTrait (alcaeus)
+ * bug #38879 [Cache] Fixed expiry could be int in ChainAdapter due to race conditions (phamviet)
+ * bug #38867 [FrameworkBundle] Fixing TranslationUpdateCommand failure when using "--no-backup" (liarco)
+ * bug #38856 [Cache] Add missing use statement (fabpot)
+
 * 5.2.0-BETA3 (2020-10-28)
 
  * bug #38845 [Console] Register signal handling only for commands implemeting SignalableCommandInterface (lyrixx)
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php
index 3522aaa770665..5f604808da955 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ abstract class Kernel implements KernelInterface, RebootableInterface, Terminabl
 
     private static $freshCache = [];
 
-    const VERSION = '5.2.0-DEV';
+    const VERSION = '5.2.0-RC1';
     const VERSION_ID = 50200;
     const MAJOR_VERSION = 5;
     const MINOR_VERSION = 2;
     const RELEASE_VERSION = 0;
-    const EXTRA_VERSION = 'DEV';
+    const EXTRA_VERSION = 'RC1';
 
     const END_OF_MAINTENANCE = '07/2021';
     const END_OF_LIFE = '07/2021';