diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index ec7a650d..2b62e61c 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.0.0-alpha.51"
+  ".": "0.0.0-alpha.52"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cc27cc16..8bffd9f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ contained a literal `## [X.Y.Z]` heading, release-please inserts above the first
 `##` it finds, and so the entire release landed inside the comment and rendered
 nowhere.
 
+## [0.0.0-alpha.52](https://github.com/energy-models/math-spec/compare/v0.0.0-alpha.51...v0.0.0-alpha.52) (2026-08-31)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **examples:** the PyPSA file states a constraint once where PyPSA builds one row set, rather than a block per regime ([#257](https://github.com/energy-models/math-spec/issues/257)) ([#292](https://github.com/energy-models/math-spec/issues/292)) ([c35e637](https://github.com/energy-models/math-spec/commit/c35e637c8632e361d1d9565824e0497d3199bc16))
+
 ## [0.0.0-alpha.51](https://github.com/energy-models/math-spec/compare/v0.0.0-alpha.50...v0.0.0-alpha.51) (2026-08-31)