diff --git a/docs/release_notes.rst b/docs/release_notes.rst
index 1d81b09bb..ffab20117 100644
--- a/docs/release_notes.rst
+++ b/docs/release_notes.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Release Notes
 =============
 
+v5.2.1
+----------
+* Fix issue from 5.2.0 with attempting to set GSI provisioned throughput on PAY_PER_REQUEST billing mode (#1018)
+
+
 v5.2.0
 ----------
 * The ``IndexMeta`` class has been removed. Now ``type(Index) == type`` (#998)
diff --git a/pynamodb/__init__.py b/pynamodb/__init__.py
index d53c5510d..5f6c209eb 100644
--- a/pynamodb/__init__.py
+++ b/pynamodb/__init__.py
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 """
 __author__ = 'Jharrod LaFon'
 __license__ = 'MIT'
-__version__ = '5.2.0'
+__version__ = '5.2.1'