diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-numpy.yml b/.github/workflows/build-numpy.yml
index 99a40a8..df710d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-numpy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-numpy.yml
@@ -5,22 +5,22 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
-        description: 'numpy version to build (git tag without leading v, e.g. 2.5.1)'
+        description: 'numpy version to build (git tag without leading v, e.g. 2.5.2)'
         required: true
-        default: '2.5.1'
+        default: '2.5.2'
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - '.github/workflows/build-numpy.yml'
 
 concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ inputs.version || '2.5.1' }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ inputs.version || '2.5.2' }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 permissions:
   contents: read  # to fetch code (actions/checkout)
 
 env:
-  NUMPY_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version || '2.5.1' }}
+  NUMPY_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version || '2.5.2' }}
   UV_EXTRA_INDEX_URL: https://pypi.riseproject.dev/simple/
   UV_INDEX_STRATEGY: unsafe-best-match
   UV_ONLY_BINARY: ':all:'
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build_wheels:
-    name: Build numpy ${{ inputs.version || '2.5.1' }} ${{ matrix.python }}-manylinux_riscv64
+    name: Build numpy ${{ inputs.version || '2.5.2' }} ${{ matrix.python }}-manylinux_riscv64
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-riscv
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
           if-no-files-found: error
 
   publish:
-    name: Publish numpy ${{ inputs.version || '2.5.1' }} to GitLab
+    name: Publish numpy ${{ inputs.version || '2.5.2' }} to GitLab
     needs: [build_wheels]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions: