diff --git a/wxPython/config.py b/wxPython/config.py
index 9879dab0c0..a5f623eb5c 100644
--- a/wxPython/config.py
+++ b/wxPython/config.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import distutils.command.clean
 VER_MAJOR        = 2      # The first three must match wxWidgets
 VER_MINOR        = 5
 VER_RELEASE      = 2
-VER_SUBREL       = 4      # wxPython release num for x.y.z release of wxWidgets
+VER_SUBREL       = 5      # wxPython release num for x.y.z release of wxWidgets
 VER_FLAGS        = ""     # release flags, such as prerelease num, unicode, etc.
 
 DESCRIPTION      = "Cross platform GUI toolkit for Python"