diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2e3ea0c..6a08905 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ var/
 *.egg-info/
 .installed.cfg
 *.egg
+MANIFEST
 
 # PyInstaller
 #  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 11e11d0..f5a2259 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 0.5.2
-====
-* Fix regex in 'unblock_username_view' to handle special symbols [@ruthus18]
+=====
+- Fix regex in 'unblock_username_view' to handle special symbols [@ruthus18]
+- Fix django requires version for 1.11.x [@kencochrane]
+- remove hiredis dependency [@ericbuckley]
+- Correctly get raw client when using django_redis cache. [@cburger]
+- replace django.core.urlresolvers with django.urls For Django 2.0 [@s-wirth]
+- add username kwarg for providing username directly rather than via callback arg [@williamboman]
+- Only use the username if it is actually provided  [@cobusc]
 
 0.5.1
 =====
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 176ea4a..dbda196 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ If you are using defender on your site, submit a PR to add to the list.
 
 Versions
 ========
+-
 - 0.5.1
   - Middleware fix for django >= 1.10 #93 [@Temeez]
   - Force the username to lowercase #90 [@MattBlack85]
@@ -445,3 +446,8 @@ With Code coverage:
 ```
 PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$PWD coverage run --source=defender $(which django-admin.py) test defender --settings=defender.test_settings
 ```
+
+How to release
+==============
+1. python setup.py sdist
+2. twine upload dist/*
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 76a4bb5..bfb5652 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ except ImportError:
     from distutils.core import setup
 
 
-version = '0.5.1'
+version = '0.5.2'
 
 
 def get_packages(package):