diff --git a/kedro-datasets/RELEASE.md b/kedro-datasets/RELEASE.md
index ae0348a34..f2076665d 100644
--- a/kedro-datasets/RELEASE.md
+++ b/kedro-datasets/RELEASE.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
   string (once by us and once by the `requests` library).
 
 ## Community contributions
+# Release 1.5.2:
+
+## Bug fixes and other changes
+* Fixed problematic `kedro-datasets` optional dependencies.
 
 # Release 1.5.1:
 
diff --git a/kedro-datasets/kedro_datasets/__init__.py b/kedro-datasets/kedro_datasets/__init__.py
index aac587aec..6ad1819cf 100644
--- a/kedro-datasets/kedro_datasets/__init__.py
+++ b/kedro-datasets/kedro_datasets/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """``kedro_datasets`` is where you can find all of Kedro's data connectors."""
 
-__version__ = "1.5.1"
+__version__ = "1.5.2"