diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 8d7b452..301f11f 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+* Thu Aug 18 2022 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 251.4-52
+- Avoid requiring systemd-pam from -devel subpackage
+
 * Tue Aug 09 2022 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 251.4-51
 - Manually bump release version for rpmautospec
 
diff --git a/systemd.spec b/systemd.spec
index f28cade..2228f61 100644
--- a/systemd.spec
+++ b/systemd.spec
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Version:        251.4
 # determine the build information from local checkout
 Version:        %(tools/meson-vcs-tag.sh . error | sed -r 's/-([0-9])/.^\1/; s/-g/_g/')
 %endif
-Release:        %autorelease -b 26
+Release:        %autorelease -b 27
 
 # For a breakdown of the licensing, see README
 License:        LGPLv2+ and MIT and GPLv2+