diff --git a/docs/release-notes/changelog.rst b/docs/release-notes/changelog.rst
index 2f98ce8249..3232c1c4dd 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/release-notes/changelog.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,29 @@
 2.x Changelog
 =============
 
+.. changelog:: 2.5.2
+    :date: 2024/01/27
+
+    .. change:: Ensure ``MultiDict`` and ``ImmutableMultiDict`` copy methods return the instance's type
+        :type: bugfix
+        :pr: 3009
+        :issue: 2549
+
+        Ensure :class:`~litestar.datastructures.MultiDict` and
+        :class:`~litestar.datastructures.ImmutableMultiDict` copy methods return a new
+        instance of ``MultiDict`` and ``ImmutableMultiDict``. Previously, these would
+        return a :class:`multidict.MultiDict` instance.
+
+    .. change:: Ensure ``exceptiongroup`` is installed on Python 3.11
+        :type: bugfix
+        :pr: 3035
+        :issue: 3029
+
+        Add the `exceptiongroup <https://github.com/agronholm/exceptiongroup>`_ package
+        as a required dependency on Python ``<3.11`` (previously ``<3.10``) as a
+        backport of `Exception Groups <https://docs.python.org/3/library/exceptions.html#exception-groups>`_
+
+
 .. changelog:: 2.5.1
     :date: 2024/01/18
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index aaf87fc370..fec4959d43 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ maintainers = [
 name = "litestar"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8,<4.0"
-version = "2.5.1"
+version = "2.5.2"
 
 [project.urls]
 Blog = "https://blog.litestar.dev"
diff --git a/tools/prepare_release.py b/tools/prepare_release.py
index e4669186e0..d3b7f41df6 100644
--- a/tools/prepare_release.py
+++ b/tools/prepare_release.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class ChangelogEntryWriter:
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.text = ""
         self._level = 0
-        self._indent = "   "
+        self._indent = "    "
         self._cc_type_map = {"fix": "bugfix", "feat": "feature"}
 
     def add_line(self, line: str) -> None: