diff --git a/CI/publishReleaseV1.py b/CI/publishReleaseV1.py
index d2e8b9757e..d04abcbf3b 100755
--- a/CI/publishReleaseV1.py
+++ b/CI/publishReleaseV1.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def publishRelease(tag):
     id = lastReleaseId(tag)
     payload = "{\"tag_name\":\"" + tag + "\", "
     payload += "\"draft\":" + "false" + ", "
-    payload += "\"target_commitish\":\"" + "master" + "\"}"
+    payload += "\"target_commitish\":\"" + "v1" + "\"}"
     content = ghApiClient.postUrl('repos/swagger-api/swagger-parser/releases/' + str(id), payload)
     return content
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9849416b99..28888b4017 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ You can include this library from Sonatype OSS for SNAPSHOTS, or Maven central f
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
   <artifactId>swagger-parser</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.51</version>
+  <version>1.0.52</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ To add swagger parsing support for older versions of swagger, add the `compat` m
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
   <artifactId>swagger-compat-spec-parser</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.51</version>
+  <version>1.0.52</version>
 </dependency>
 
 ```
diff --git a/modules/swagger-compat-spec-parser/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-compat-spec-parser/pom.xml
index 471d5fb390..f4fcae54ae 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-compat-spec-parser/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-compat-spec-parser/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.52-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.52</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
index bd9a45623a..380446affc 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
         <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.52-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.0.52</version>
         <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 054222df81..6446358300 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
     <artifactId>swagger-parser-project</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.52-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.52</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>swagger-parser-project</name>
     <developers>