diff --git a/lang/vala/Makefile b/lang/vala/Makefile
index 3d7d4776d6..c71921a39f 100644
--- a/lang/vala/Makefile
+++ b/lang/vala/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=vala
-PKG_VERSION:=0.50.2
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_VERSION:=0.52.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/vala/0.50
-PKG_HASH:=2c0d5dc6d65d070f724063075424c403765ab7935c9e6fbcb84981b94d07ceda
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/vala/0.52
+PKG_HASH:=17a083ce2405f967efa7d92bce82c49e5f65af334513e3d087a6b4435ed6b9fa
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1-or-later