diff --git a/SPECS/clamav/clamav.signatures.json b/SPECS/clamav/clamav.signatures.json
index fcd2ddfec3a..561c8107ef0 100644
--- a/SPECS/clamav/clamav.signatures.json
+++ b/SPECS/clamav/clamav.signatures.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "Signatures": {
-  "clamav-1.0.9-cargo.tar.gz": "d9e596d93abedbe2cf5f79bbc3dd3539ea1d185620a91f387c1779fd22e75e0b",
-  "clamav-1.0.9.tar.gz": "c3ac983568e3df274833839a7aa45c1b2650b192f7d2a8524cddbb0111062d93"
+  "clamav-1.5.2-cargo.tar.gz": "f33e672af10502dbc3fad117bbe09d8098672b161dd54e22f386b556792e9e8a",
+  "clamav-1.5.2.tar.gz": "26815066815ef974fd778be6ab431064f32110199e3b6f89f32a6d3c492fe730"
  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SPECS/clamav/clamav.spec b/SPECS/clamav/clamav.spec
index 936793b5e4e..95bfc31a4d6 100644
--- a/SPECS/clamav/clamav.spec
+++ b/SPECS/clamav/clamav.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary:        Open source antivirus engine
 Name:           clamav
-Version:        1.0.9
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Version:        1.5.2
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 License:        ASL 2.0 AND BSD AND bzip2-1.0.4 AND GPLv2 AND LGPLv2+ AND MIT AND Public Domain AND UnRar
 Vendor:         Microsoft Corporation
 Distribution:   Azure Linux
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pcre2-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3
 BuildRequires:  python3-pip
 BuildRequires:  python3-pytest
-BuildRequires:  rust < 1.85.0
+BuildRequires:  rust >= 1.87.0
 BuildRequires:  systemd
 BuildRequires:  systemd-devel
 BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ cmake \
 %cmake_install
 # do not install html doc ('clamav' cmake has no flag to specify that => remove the doc)
 rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_docdir}
+
+# Remove unintended static Rust archive
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libclamav_rust.a
+
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sharedstatedir}/clamav
 
 ### freshclam config processing (from Fedora)
@@ -129,6 +133,9 @@ fi
 %{_sbindir}/*
 %{_sysconfdir}/clamav/*.sample
 %{_sysconfdir}/clamav/freshclam.conf
+%dir %{_sysconfdir}/clamav
+%dir %{_sysconfdir}/clamav/certs
+%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/clamav/certs/clamav.crt
 %{_includedir}/*.h
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 %{_mandir}/man5/*
@@ -136,6 +143,9 @@ fi
 %dir %attr(-,clamav,clamav) %{_sharedstatedir}/clamav
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Mar 20 2026 Mayank Singh <mayansingh@microsoft.com> - 1.5.2-1
+- upgrade to 1.5.2
+
 * Mon Feb 02 2026 Archana Shettigar <v-shettigara@microsoft.com> - 1.0.9-3
 - Bump release to rebuild with rust
 
diff --git a/cgmanifest.json b/cgmanifest.json
index fe41d09168b..9df024ef723 100644
--- a/cgmanifest.json
+++ b/cgmanifest.json
@@ -1767,8 +1767,8 @@
         "type": "other",
         "other": {
           "name": "clamav",
-          "version": "1.0.9",
-          "downloadUrl": "https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/archive/refs/tags/clamav-1.0.9.tar.gz"
+          "version": "1.5.2",
+          "downloadUrl": "https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/archive/refs/tags/clamav-1.5.2.tar.gz"
         }
       }
     },