diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 03b810453..1db0f0965 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Master (unreleased)
 
-* Drop support for ruby `2.0.0`. ([@backus][])
+## 1.5.2 (2016-08-01)
+
+* Drop support for ruby `2.0.0` and `2.1.0`. ([@backus][])
+* Internal refactorings and improved test coverage. ([@backus][])
 
 ## 1.5.1 (2016-07-20)
 
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/rspec/version.rb b/lib/rubocop/rspec/version.rb
index 1d6f7d22e..807c7ace6 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/rspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/rspec/version.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module RuboCop
   module RSpec
     # Version information for the RSpec RuboCop plugin.
     module Version
-      STRING = '1.5.1'.freeze
+      STRING = '1.5.2'.freeze
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/rubocop-rspec.gemspec b/rubocop-rspec.gemspec
index a4be0354e..2fd60710a 100644
--- a/rubocop-rspec.gemspec
+++ b/rubocop-rspec.gemspec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.test_files = spec.files.grep(%r{^spec/})
   spec.extra_rdoc_files = ['MIT-LICENSE.md', 'README.md']
 
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'rubocop', '>= 0.41.2'
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'rubocop', '>= 0.42.0'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rake'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '>= 3.4'