diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,5 +1,88 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+## Version 1.25.2 - 2022-02-23
+
+Features:
+* [Addon] Kong Ingress Controller [#13326](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13326)
+* add arch to binary and image cache paths [#13539](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13539)
+* Adds 'minikube service --all' feature to allow forwarding all services in a namespace [#13367](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13367)
+* Make the default container runtime dynamic [#13251](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13251)
+* Add `--disable-optimizations` flag [#13340](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13340)
+
+Bug Fixes:
+* Fix losing cluster on restart [#13506](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13506)
+* Using Get-CmiInstance to detect Hyper-V availability [#13596](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13596)
+* Fixes validation on image repository URL when it contains port but no scheme [#13053](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13053)
+* Fixed SIGSEGV in kubectl when k8s not running [#13631](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13631)
+* Fix hard coded docker driver in minikube service command [#13514](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13514)
+* Fix hard coded docker driver in minikube tunnel command [#13444](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13444)
+* Fix IstioOperator CustomResourceDefinition for istio-provisioner addon [#13024](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13024)
+* fix ingress (also for multinode clusters) [#13439](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13439)
+* Add exit message for too new Kubernetes version [#13354](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13354)
+* drivers/kvm: Use ARP for retrieving interface ip addresses [#13482](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13482)
+* kubeadm: allow skipping kube-proxy addon on restart [#13538](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13538)
+* configure container runtimes for clusters without Kubernetes too [#13442](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13442)
+
+Version Upgrades:
+* KIC: Upgrade cri-dockerd [#13302](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13302)
+* upgrade libvirt to "8th gen" [#13440](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13440)
+* Upgrade cri-dockerd to fix the socket path [#13563](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13563)
+* ISO: Add packaging for cri-dockerd [#13191](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13191)
+
+
+For a more detailed changelog, including changes occuring in pre-release versions, see [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).
+
+Thank you to our contributors for this release!
+
+- Akira Yoshiyama
+- Anders F Björklund
+- Anoop C S
+- Balakumaran GR
+- Carlos Santana
+- Chris Tomkins
+- Daniel Helfand
+- Jeff MAURY
+- Jin Zhang
+- Medya Ghazizadeh
+- Nikhil Sharma
+- Olivier Bouchoms
+- Piotr Resztak
+- Predrag Rogic
+- Sahan Serasinghe
+- Sharif Elgamal
+- Steven Powell
+- Tiago Alves
+- Todd MacIntyre
+- Viktor Gamov
+- ckannon
+- klaases
+- nishipy
+- pedrothome1
+
+Thank you to our PR reviewers for this release!
+
+- medyagh (23 comments)
+- afbjorklund (10 comments)
+- sharifelgamal (10 comments)
+- spowelljr (10 comments)
+- t-inu (6 comments)
+- klaases (4 comments)
+- s-kawamura-w664 (3 comments)
+- atoato88 (2 comments)
+- alexbaeza (1 comments)
+- csantanapr (1 comments)
+- totollygeek (1 comments)
+
+Thank you to our triage members for this release!
+
+- RA489 (31 comments)
+- afbjorklund (27 comments)
+- spowelljr (25 comments)
+- klaases (13 comments)
+- sharifelgamal (12 comments)
+
+Check out our [contributions leaderboard](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/contrib/leaderboard/v1.25.1/) for this release!
+
 ## Version 1.25.1 - 2022-01-20
 
 * Resolved regression breaking `minikube start` with hyperkit driver [#13418](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/pull/13418)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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 # Bump these on release - and please check ISO_VERSION for correctness.
 VERSION_MAJOR ?= 1
 VERSION_MINOR ?= 25
-VERSION_BUILD ?= 1
+VERSION_BUILD ?= 2
 RAW_VERSION=$(VERSION_MAJOR).$(VERSION_MINOR).$(VERSION_BUILD)
 VERSION ?= v$(RAW_VERSION)