diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d262f2e4..5017cc78 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ MKDIR    ?= mkdir
 DIST_DIR ?= $(CURDIR)/dist
 
 LIB_NAME := nvidia-container-toolkit
-LIB_VERSION := 1.5.1
-LIB_TAG ?=
+LIB_VERSION := 1.5.2
+LIB_TAG ?= rc.1
 
 GOLANG_VERSION := 1.16.3
 MODULE := github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-toolkit
diff --git a/packaging/debian/changelog b/packaging/debian/changelog
index 12b90f99..61638b80 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/changelog
+++ b/packaging/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+nvidia-container-toolkit (1.5.2~rc.1-1) experimental; urgency=medium
+
+ -- NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com>  Mon, 06 Sep 2021 12:24:05 +0200
+
 nvidia-container-toolkit (1.5.1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Fix bug where Docker Swarm device selection is ignored if
diff --git a/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec b/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec
index 09a6591c..3de3f9d8 100644
--- a/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec
+++ b/packaging/rpm/SPECS/nvidia-container-toolkit.spec
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ rm -f %{_bindir}/nvidia-container-runtime-hook
 /usr/share/containers/oci/hooks.d/oci-nvidia-hook.json
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 06 2021 NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com> 1.5.2-0.1.rc.1
+
 * Mon Jun 14 2021 NVIDIA CORPORATION <cudatools@nvidia.com> 1.5.1-1
 
 - Fix bug where Docker Swarm device selection is ignored if NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES is also set