Prepare release 5.2.0

Author: greenrobot-team

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ Notable changes to the ObjectBox Java library.
 
 For more insights into what changed in the ObjectBox C++ core, [check the ObjectBox C changelog](https://github.com/objectbox/objectbox-c/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md).
 
-## Next release
+## 5.2.0 - 2026-02-16
 
 - The [ObjectBox Gradle plugin](https://github.com/objectbox/objectbox-java-generator) requires JDK 11 and Android
   Gradle Plugin 8.1 or newer.
+- Update database libraries for Android and JVM to database version `5.1.1-pre-2026-02-16`.
 
 ### Sync
 

README.md

@@ -123,11 +123,16 @@ The database libraries available for the ObjectBox Java SDK support:
   - Windows (x64)
 - Android 5.0 (API level 21) or newer
 
-The APIs and tools of the ObjectBox Java SDK support:
+The ObjectBox Java SDK supports:
 
 - Java 8 or newer
 - Kotlin 1.7 or newer
-- Android Gradle Plugin 8.0 or newer
+
+The [ObjectBox Gradle plugin](https://github.com/objectbox/objectbox-java-generator) supports:
+
+- Gradle 7.0 or newer
+- Android Gradle Plugin 8.1 or newer
+- JDK 11 or newer
 
 ### Gradle setup
 
@@ -141,7 +146,7 @@ When using a [TOML version catalog](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/ve
 
 [versions]
 # Define a variable for the version of the plugin
-objectbox = "5.1.0"
+objectbox = "5.2.0"
 
 # For an Android project
 agp = "<AGP_VERSION>"
@@ -248,7 +253,7 @@ Your project can now use ObjectBox, continue by [defining entity classes](https:
 
 plugins {
     // Add the plugin
-    id("io.objectbox") version "5.1.0" apply false
+    id("io.objectbox") version "5.2.0" apply false
 }
 ```
 
@@ -281,7 +286,7 @@ pluginManagement {
 
 buildscript {
     // Define a variable for the plugin version
-    val objectboxVersion by extra("5.1.0")
+    val objectboxVersion by extra("5.2.0")
 
     repositories { 
         // Add the Maven Central repository       
@@ -304,7 +309,7 @@ buildscript {
 
 buildscript {
     // Define a variable for the plugin version
-    ext.objectboxVersion = "5.1.0"
+    ext.objectboxVersion = "5.2.0"
   
     repositories {        
         // Add the Maven Central repository

build.gradle.kts

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ plugins {
 buildscript {
     // Version of Maven artifacts
     // Should only be changed as part of the release process, see the release checklist in the objectbox repo
-    val versionNumber = "5.1.1"
+    val versionNumber = "5.2.0"
 
     // Release mode should only be enabled when manually triggering a CI pipeline,
     // see the release checklist in the objectbox repo.

objectbox-java/src/main/java/io/objectbox/BoxStore.java

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class BoxStore implements Closeable {
      * ReLinker uses this as a suffix for the extracted shared library file. If different, it will update it. Should be
      * unique to avoid conflicts.
      */
-    public static final String JNI_VERSION = "5.1.0-2026-01-19";
+    public static final String JNI_VERSION = "5.1.1-2026-02-16";
 
     /**
      * The ObjectBox database version this Java library is known to work with.
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class BoxStore implements Closeable {
      * This is used (currently only in tests) to make sure a database library has a compatible JNI API by checking the
      * version number matches exactly and the date is the same or newer.
      */
-    private static final String VERSION = "5.1.1-2026-01-21";
+    private static final String VERSION = "5.1.1-2026-02-16";
 
     private static final String OBJECTBOX_PACKAGE_NAME = "objectbox";
     private static BoxStore defaultStore;