diff --git a/administrator/components/com_admin/script.php b/administrator/components/com_admin/script.php
index 68eac8b51988..dec1d368ff11 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_admin/script.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_admin/script.php
@@ -3158,11 +3158,11 @@ protected function fixFilenameCasing()
      *
      * @return  void
      *
-     * @since   __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+     * @since   5.2.2
      *
      * @todo    6.0 Remove this method
      *
-     * @deprecated  __DEPLOY_VERSION__ will be removed in 6.0 without replacement
+     * @deprecated  5.2.2 will be removed in 6.0 without replacement
      */
     protected function fixFilesystemPermissions()
     {
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_guidedtours/src/Controller/StepController.php b/administrator/components/com_guidedtours/src/Controller/StepController.php
index 045e1409c799..2b58efda987d 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_guidedtours/src/Controller/StepController.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_guidedtours/src/Controller/StepController.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class StepController extends FormController
      *
      * @return  string  The arguments to append to the redirect URL.
      *
-     * @since  __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+     * @since  5.2.2
      */
     protected function getRedirectToListAppend()
     {
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_media/src/Exception/ProviderAccountIsEmptyException.php b/administrator/components/com_media/src/Exception/ProviderAccountIsEmptyException.php
index b8acce16385e..e0aa07176ac5 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_media/src/Exception/ProviderAccountIsEmptyException.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_media/src/Exception/ProviderAccountIsEmptyException.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 /**
  * Provider Account is empty or not set exception.
  *
- * @since  __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+ * @since  5.2.2
  */
 class ProviderAccountIsEmptyException extends \Exception
 {
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_media/src/Exception/ProviderAccountNotFoundException.php b/administrator/components/com_media/src/Exception/ProviderAccountNotFoundException.php
index 570d2793aa6b..e502aaedca9b 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_media/src/Exception/ProviderAccountNotFoundException.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_media/src/Exception/ProviderAccountNotFoundException.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 /**
  * Provider Account not found exception.
  *
- * @since  __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+ * @since  5.2.2
  */
 class ProviderAccountNotFoundException extends \Exception
 {
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_media/src/Exception/ProviderNotFoundException.php b/administrator/components/com_media/src/Exception/ProviderNotFoundException.php
index dbc401504996..a518e3d2251c 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_media/src/Exception/ProviderNotFoundException.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_media/src/Exception/ProviderNotFoundException.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 /**
  * Provider not found exception.
  *
- * @since  __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+ * @since  5.2.2
  */
 class ProviderNotFoundException extends \Exception
 {
diff --git a/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml b/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
index 4661a7716316..0ef1c11acd9d 100644
--- a/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
+++ b/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
 	<copyright>(C) 2019 Open Source Matters, Inc.</copyright>
 	<license>GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt</license>
-	<version>5.2.2-dev</version>
+	<version>5.2.2-rc1</version>
 	<creationDate>2024-11</creationDate>
 	<description>FILES_JOOMLA_XML_DESCRIPTION</description>
 
diff --git a/libraries/src/Log/Logger/FormattedtextLogger.php b/libraries/src/Log/Logger/FormattedtextLogger.php
index 31f65c13b52d..14905aaa22f4 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Log/Logger/FormattedtextLogger.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Log/Logger/FormattedtextLogger.php
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public function __destruct()
     /**
      * Prevent object injection attacks by suppressing unserialization of instance with deferred rows
      *
-     * @since  __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+     * @since  5.2.2
      *
      * @throws \Exception
      */
diff --git a/libraries/src/Menu/AdministratorMenuItem.php b/libraries/src/Menu/AdministratorMenuItem.php
index d1b77d053530..de834d87a9ca 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Menu/AdministratorMenuItem.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Menu/AdministratorMenuItem.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class AdministratorMenuItem extends MenuItem
      * The class of the menu item
      *
      * @var string
-     * @since __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+     * @since 5.2.2
      */
     public $class = '';
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class AdministratorMenuItem extends MenuItem
      * The element type of the menu item
      *
      * @var string
-     * @since __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+     * @since 5.2.2
      */
     public $element = '';
 }
diff --git a/libraries/src/Version.php b/libraries/src/Version.php
index 5dc81c724d04..86de7728098b 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Version.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Version.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ final class Version
      * @var    string
      * @since  3.8.0
      */
-    public const EXTRA_VERSION = 'dev';
+    public const EXTRA_VERSION = 'rc1';
 
     /**
      * Development status.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ final class Version
      * @var    string
      * @since  3.5
      */
-    public const DEV_STATUS = 'Development';
+    public const DEV_STATUS = 'Release Candidate';
 
     /**
      * Code name.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ final class Version
      * @var    string
      * @since  3.5
      */
-    public const RELDATE = '7-November-2024';
+    public const RELDATE = '18-November-2024';
 
     /**
      * Release time.
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ final class Version
      * @var    string
      * @since  3.5
      */
-    public const RELTIME = '17:01';
+    public const RELTIME = '10:00';
 
     /**
      * Release timezone.