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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.5.2] - 2026-05-22
+
 ### Fixes
 
 - Launcher: Rewrite `bin/qmd` as a Node-based shebang polyglot to fix global npm installation execution failures on Windows (#668 / #452), while supporting seamless fallback to Bun in Node-less environments.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@tobilu/qmd",
-  "version": "2.5.1",
+  "version": "2.5.2",
   "description": "Query Markup Documents - On-device hybrid search for markdown files with BM25, vector search, and LLM reranking",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/index.js",