diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 504b0f517..c03fa631e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ with advance notice in the **Deprecations** section of releases.
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+pytest 5.2.1 (2019-10-06)
+=========================
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+- `#5902 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/5902>`_: Fix warnings about deprecated ``cmp`` attribute in ``attrs>=19.2``.
+
+
 pytest 5.2.0 (2019-09-28)
 =========================
 
diff --git a/doc/en/announce/index.rst b/doc/en/announce/index.rst
index 5fe3cc78c..d5e684198 100644
--- a/doc/en/announce/index.rst
+++ b/doc/en/announce/index.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Release announcements
    :maxdepth: 2
 
 
+   release-5.2.1
    release-5.2.0
    release-5.1.3
    release-5.1.2
diff --git a/doc/en/announce/release-5.2.1.rst b/doc/en/announce/release-5.2.1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..312cfd778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/en/announce/release-5.2.1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+pytest-5.2.1
+=======================================
+
+pytest 5.2.1 has just been released to PyPI.
+
+This is a bug-fix release, being a drop-in replacement. To upgrade::
+
+  pip install --upgrade pytest
+
+The full changelog is available at https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/changelog.html.
+
+Thanks to all who contributed to this release, among them:
+
+* Anthony Sottile
+* Bruno Oliveira
+* Florian Bruhin
+* Hynek Schlawack
+* Kevin J. Foley
+* tadashigaki
+
+
+Happy testing,
+The pytest Development Team