diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6dfdf966b8..6b00410c53 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ endif()
 #   RelWithDebInfo : Release build with Debug Info
 #   MinSizeRel     : Release Min Size build
 IF(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
-  SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Debug" CACHE STRING "Build Type" FORCE)
+  SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING "Build Type" FORCE)
 ENDIF(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 # Set a value type to properly display CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE on GUI if the
 # value type is "UNINITIALIZED".
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 47cebdd4b9..096410620d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Aug 22, 2021: libarchive 3.5.2 released
+
 Dec 26, 2020: libarchive 3.5.1 released
 
 Dec 01, 2020: libarchive 3.5.0 released
diff --git a/build/version b/build/version
index 019af10907..5fce0edd11 100644
--- a/build/version
+++ b/build/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3005002dev
+3005002
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 337aa8e207..f59ada9afb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl First, define all of the version numbers up front.
 dnl In particular, this allows the version macro to be used in AC_INIT
 
 dnl These first two version numbers are updated automatically on each release.
-m4_define([LIBARCHIVE_VERSION_S],[3.5.2dev])
+m4_define([LIBARCHIVE_VERSION_S],[3.5.2])
 m4_define([LIBARCHIVE_VERSION_N],[3005002])
 
 dnl bsdtar and bsdcpio versioning tracks libarchive
diff --git a/libarchive/archive.h b/libarchive/archive.h
index 750e689e2c..ca83cbd096 100644
--- a/libarchive/archive.h
+++ b/libarchive/archive.h
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ __LA_DECL int		archive_version_number(void);
 /*
  * Textual name/version of the library, useful for version displays.
  */
-#define	ARCHIVE_VERSION_ONLY_STRING "3.5.2dev"
+#define	ARCHIVE_VERSION_ONLY_STRING "3.5.2"
 #define	ARCHIVE_VERSION_STRING "libarchive " ARCHIVE_VERSION_ONLY_STRING
 __LA_DECL const char *	archive_version_string(void);