diff --git a/traitlets/_version.py b/traitlets/_version.py
index 4498dcb1..c416b77b 100644
--- a/traitlets/_version.py
+++ b/traitlets/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version_info = (5, 2, 0, "dev")
+version_info = (5, 2, 0)
 
 # unlike `.dev`, alpha, beta and rc _must not_ have dots,
 # or the wheel and tgz won't look to pip like the same version.