diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/configure.ac b/gstlal-inspiral/configure.ac
index 5d7304463374adf72a65338a7824cf59820e480c..06c299fd8ce1f9c834310dfe66ec4c240a5fd18c 100644
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/configure.ac
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 
-AC_INIT([gstlal-inspiral],[1.5.1],[gstlal-discuss@ligo.org],[gstlal-inspiral])
+AC_INIT([gstlal-inspiral],[1.5.2],[gstlal-discuss@ligo.org],[gstlal-inspiral])
 AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright (C) The authors (see source code for details)])
 # a file whose existance can be used to use to check that we are in the
 # top-level directory of the source tree
diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/debian/changelog b/gstlal-inspiral/debian/changelog
index 464c7c9bc797433970f0e0e8cc9f4842d210afac..764e18f1bb88e0b445a57a9654bfa3f1b2e8296f 100644
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/debian/changelog
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+gstlal-inspiral (1.5.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * packaging fixes
+
+ -- Kipp Cannon <kipp.cannon@ligo.org>  Sun, 30 Sep 2018 17:37:05 +0900
+
 gstlal-inspiral (1.5.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Adjust dependencies