diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index affd1ab..b5e9157 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "5.1.0"
+  ".": "5.2.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d135685..60bc011 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [5.2.0](https://github.com/dvsa/.github/compare/v5.1.0...v5.2.0) (2026-05-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* remove empty line in README.md ([#96](https://github.com/dvsa/.github/issues/96)) ([e5c5262](https://github.com/dvsa/.github/commit/e5c5262eb26d4fb73db130c31057f0bbdff043ee))
+
 ## [5.1.0](https://github.com/dvsa/.github/compare/v5.0.11...v5.1.0) (2026-05-13)