diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 6de07022c5..bad87e565b 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+## 5.2.3
+### Bugfixes
+- Fixed a bug that could cause network namespaces to fail to unmount, resulting in Podman commands hanging.
+- Fixed a bug where Podman could not run images which included SCTP exposed ports.
+- Fixed a bug where containers run by the root user, but inside a user namespace (including inside a container), could not use the `pasta` network mode.
+- Fixed a bug where volume copy-up did not properly chown empty volumes when the `:idmap` mount option was used.
+
+### Misc
+- Updated Buildah to v1.37.3
+
 ## 5.2.2
 ### Bugfixes
 - Fixed a bug where rootless Podman could fail to validate the runtime's volume path on systems with a symlinked `/home` ([#23515](https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/23515)).
diff --git a/version/rawversion/version.go b/version/rawversion/version.go
index eec284294f..76a72c88ca 100644
--- a/version/rawversion/version.go
+++ b/version/rawversion/version.go
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ package rawversion
 //
 // NOTE: remember to bump the version at the top of the top-level README.md
 // file when this is bumped.
-const RawVersion = "5.2.3-dev"
+const RawVersion = "5.2.4-dev"