diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 0bd1b037..bbbcf49f 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.5.1"
+  ".": "2.5.2"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c25209b4..51f69c1d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.5.2](https://github.com/SymbolicML/DynamicExpressions.jl/compare/v2.5.1...v2.5.2) (2026-03-23)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* treat im as imaginary unit in string parsing ([#168](https://github.com/SymbolicML/DynamicExpressions.jl/issues/168)) ([29ebdab](https://github.com/SymbolicML/DynamicExpressions.jl/commit/29ebdab9123f35ee5820799957f39612850baf57))
+
 ## [1.11.0](https://github.com/SymbolicML/DynamicExpressions.jl/compare/v1.10.4...v1.11.0) (2026-03-21)
 
 ## [1.10.4](https://github.com/SymbolicML/DynamicExpressions.jl/compare/v1.10.3...v1.10.4) (2026-03-08)
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 22b20989..0da0de6a 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "DynamicExpressions"
 uuid = "a40a106e-89c9-4ca8-8020-a735e8728b6b"
 authors = ["MilesCranmer <miles.cranmer@gmail.com>"]
-version = "2.5.1"
+version = "2.5.2"
 
 [deps]
 ChainRulesCore = "d360d2e6-b24c-11e9-a2a3-2a2ae2dbcce4"