diff --git a/orocos_kdl/CMakeLists.txt b/orocos_kdl/CMakeLists.txt
index f9d37e02d..654221537 100644
--- a/orocos_kdl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/orocos_kdl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 3.0.2)
 
 PROJECT(orocos_kdl)
 
-SET( KDL_VERSION 1.5.1)
+SET(KDL_VERSION 1.5.2)
 STRING( REGEX MATCHALL "[0-9]+" KDL_VERSIONS ${KDL_VERSION} )
 LIST( GET KDL_VERSIONS 0 KDL_VERSION_MAJOR)
 LIST( GET KDL_VERSIONS 1 KDL_VERSION_MINOR)
diff --git a/orocos_kdl/package.xml b/orocos_kdl/package.xml
index fffdd7d3f..d8a304881 100644
--- a/orocos_kdl/package.xml
+++ b/orocos_kdl/package.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="3">
   <name>orocos_kdl</name>
-  <version>1.5.1</version>
+  <version>1.5.2</version>
   <description>
     This package contains a recent version of the Kinematics and Dynamics
     Library (KDL), distributed by the Orocos Project.
diff --git a/python_orocos_kdl/CMakeLists.txt b/python_orocos_kdl/CMakeLists.txt
index cc452225e..72bc9bd1f 100644
--- a/python_orocos_kdl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python_orocos_kdl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if(POLICY CMP0057)
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0057 NEW)  # support IN_LISTS which is required for PyBind11 2.6 and newer
 endif()
 
-project(python_orocos_kdl VERSION 1.5.1)
+project(python_orocos_kdl VERSION 1.5.2)
 
 # find a matching version of orocos_kdl
 find_package(orocos_kdl ${PROJECT_VERSION} EXACT REQUIRED)
diff --git a/python_orocos_kdl/package.xml b/python_orocos_kdl/package.xml
index 89ae34009..214b198ec 100644
--- a/python_orocos_kdl/package.xml
+++ b/python_orocos_kdl/package.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <package format="3">
   <name>python_orocos_kdl</name>
-  <version>1.5.1</version>
+  <version>1.5.2</version>
   <description>
     This package contains the python bindings PyKDL for the Kinematics and Dynamics
     Library (KDL), distributed by the Orocos Project.