diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d43c70f32a..243cf6521b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 5.2.0.rc1 (2021-02-17)
+
+### Changes
+
+- Change Factory loading mechanism to FactoryBots supported mechanism [#2030](https://github.com/AlchemyCMS/alchemy_cms/pull/2030) ([mamhoff](https://github.com/mamhoff))
+
 ## 5.2.0.b1 (2021-02-11)
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/lib/alchemy/version.rb b/lib/alchemy/version.rb
index 9d7977862e..1b87fe2b39 100644
--- a/lib/alchemy/version.rb
+++ b/lib/alchemy/version.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module Alchemy
-  VERSION = "5.2.0.b1"
+  VERSION = "5.2.0.rc1"
 
   def self.version
     VERSION