diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
index e80ad31cfd..909d8b6d37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ jobs:
     continue-on-error: False
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-12, windows-latest]
         python_version: ["3.10",]
     timeout-minutes: 10
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ jobs:
         sys:
           - { os: windows-latest, shell: "msys2 {0}" }
           - { os: ubuntu-latest, shell: bash }
-#          - { os: macos-latest, shell: bash }
+#          - { os: macos-12, shell: bash }
         python_version: ["3.10",]
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-12, windows-latest]
         python_version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
     timeout-minutes: 120
     steps:
@@ -469,8 +469,8 @@ jobs:
       # sudo apt-get install -y protobuf-compiler
       # use sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock above in line above update if dependency install failures persist
       # use sudo apt-get dist-upgrade above in line below update if dependency install failures persist
-      - if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
-        name: Install dependencies (macos-latest)
+      - if: matrix.os == 'macos-12'
+        name: Install dependencies (macos-12)
         run: |
           pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.13
           brew install gcc
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-12, windows-latest]
         python-version: ["3.10"]
     timeout-minutes: 45
     steps:
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 207e865151..249871b848 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 # Release History - open AEA
 
-## 1.52.0 (2024-04-18)
+## 1.52.0 (2024-04-26)
 
 AEA:
-- Relax dependencies
+- Loosens up the version range for several dependencies to allow better integration with other frameworks
+
+Plugins:
+- Implements a custom filtering method to handle RPC timeouts and hanging.
+
+Packages:
+- Adds `Celo` to ledger connection configurations
+
+Chore:
+- Adds whitelist for component mint check
+
 
 ## 1.51.0 (2024-04-10)
 
diff --git a/SECURITY.md b/SECURITY.md
index 834335db17..710e27cbf3 100644
--- a/SECURITY.md
+++ b/SECURITY.md
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ The following table shows which versions of `open-aea` are currently being suppo
 
 | Version   | Supported          |
 | --------- | ------------------ |
-| `1.51.x`   | :white_check_mark: |
-| `< 1.51.0` | :x:                |
+| `1.52.x`   | :white_check_mark: |
+| `< 1.52.0` | :x:                |
 
 ## Reporting a Vulnerability
 
diff --git a/aea/__version__.py b/aea/__version__.py
index 5e76a7b157..2448f19b39 100644
--- a/aea/__version__.py
+++ b/aea/__version__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 __title__ = "open-aea"
 __description__ = "Open Autonomous Economic Agent framework (without vendor lock-in)"
 __url__ = "https://github.com/valory-xyz/open-aea.git"
-__version__ = "1.51.0"
+__version__ = "1.52.0"
 __author__ = "Valory AG"
 __license__ = "Apache-2.0"
 __copyright__ = "2021 Valory AG, 2019 Fetch.AI Limited"
diff --git a/deploy-image/Dockerfile b/deploy-image/Dockerfile
index 69a41b46f5..9a5bdd7b00 100644
--- a/deploy-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy-image/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache go
 
 # aea installation
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall open-aea[all]==1.51.0 "open-aea-cli-ipfs<2.0.0,>=1.51.0"
+RUN pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall open-aea[all]==1.52.0 "open-aea-cli-ipfs<2.0.0,>=1.52.0"
 
 # directories and aea cli config
 WORKDIR /home/agents
diff --git a/deploy-image/README.md b/deploy-image/README.md
index 02a71f884c..1d84e01532 100644
--- a/deploy-image/README.md
+++ b/deploy-image/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The example uses the `fetchai/my_first_aea` project. You will likely want to mod
 Install subversion, then download the example directory to your local working directory
 
 ``` bash
-svn checkout https://github.com/valory-xyz/open-aea/tags/v1.51.0/packages packages
+svn checkout https://github.com/valory-xyz/open-aea/tags/v1.52.0/packages packages
 ```
 
 ### Modify scripts
diff --git a/develop-image/docker-env.sh b/develop-image/docker-env.sh
index 87fff4af2e..06b787f8a4 100755
--- a/develop-image/docker-env.sh
+++ b/develop-image/docker-env.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Swap the following lines if you want to work with 'latest'
-DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=valory/open-aea-develop:1.51.0
+DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=valory/open-aea-develop:1.52.0
 # DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=valory/open-aea-develop:latest
 
 DOCKER_BUILD_CONTEXT_DIR=..
diff --git a/docs/upgrading.md b/docs/upgrading.md
index 18c7847dc2..300b77c553 100644
--- a/docs/upgrading.md
+++ b/docs/upgrading.md
@@ -11,7 +11,14 @@ Below we describe the additional manual steps required to upgrade between differ
 
 ## `v1.51.0` to `v1.52.0`
 
-- No backwards incompatible changes
+This release contains updated version range for several dependencies so please update you environments with following dependency versions
+
+- `psutil>=5.7.0,<6.0.0`
+- `bech32>=1.2.0,<2`
+- `PyNaCl>=1.5.0,<2`
+- `click>=8.1.0,<9`
+- `pyyaml>=6.0.1,<9`
+- `requests>=2.28.1,<3`
 
 ## `v1.50.0` to `v1.51.0`
 
diff --git a/examples/tac_deploy/Dockerfile b/examples/tac_deploy/Dockerfile
index c246cba1fa..ef31da78cc 100644
--- a/examples/tac_deploy/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/tac_deploy/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache go
 
 # aea installation
 RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall open-aea[all]==1.51.0
+RUN pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall open-aea[all]==1.52.0
 
 # directories and aea cli config
 COPY /.aea /home/.aea
diff --git a/plugins/aea-cli-benchmark/setup.py b/plugins/aea-cli-benchmark/setup.py
index 1f14810b7a..19176dc4f9 100755
--- a/plugins/aea-cli-benchmark/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-cli-benchmark/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-cli-benchmark",
-    version="1.51.0",
+    version="1.52.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="CLI extension for AEA framework benchmarking.",
diff --git a/plugins/aea-cli-ipfs/setup.py b/plugins/aea-cli-ipfs/setup.py
index 728d069dd9..eaa4e842e1 100755
--- a/plugins/aea-cli-ipfs/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-cli-ipfs/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-cli-ipfs",
-    version="1.51.0",
+    version="1.52.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="CLI extension for open AEA framework wrapping IPFS functionality.",
diff --git a/plugins/aea-ledger-cosmos/setup.py b/plugins/aea-ledger-cosmos/setup.py
index 44f69e225e..151beea22b 100644
--- a/plugins/aea-ledger-cosmos/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-ledger-cosmos/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-ledger-cosmos",
-    version="1.51.0",
+    version="1.52.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="Python package wrapping the public and private key cryptography and ledger api of Cosmos.",
diff --git a/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-flashbots/setup.py b/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-flashbots/setup.py
index 36f648eafe..ca10892069 100644
--- a/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-flashbots/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-flashbots/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-ledger-ethereum-flashbots",
-    version="1.51.0",
+    version="1.52.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="Python package extending the default open-aea ethereum ledger plugin to add support for flashbots.",
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     },
     python_requires=">=3.9,<4.0",
     install_requires=[
-        "open-aea-ledger-ethereum~=1.51.0",
+        "open-aea-ledger-ethereum~=1.52.0",
         "open-aea-flashbots==1.4.0",
     ],
     tests_require=["pytest"],
diff --git a/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-hwi/setup.py b/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-hwi/setup.py
index e295ff12ed..f8f7f39372 100644
--- a/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-hwi/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-hwi/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-ledger-ethereum-hwi",
-    version="1.51.0",
+    version="1.52.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="Python package wrapping the public and private key cryptography and support for hardware wallet interactions.",
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         "web3>=6.0.0,<7",
         "ipfshttpclient==0.8.0a2",
         "eth-account>=0.8.0,<0.9.0",
-        "open-aea-ledger-ethereum~=1.51.0",
+        "open-aea-ledger-ethereum~=1.52.0",
         "ledgerwallet==0.1.3",
         "protobuf<4.25.0,>=4.21.6",
         "construct<=2.10.61",
diff --git a/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum/setup.py b/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum/setup.py
index 099153128f..b4ed7e057c 100644
--- a/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-ledger-ethereum",
-    version="1.51.0",
+    version="1.52.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="Python package wrapping the public and private key cryptography and ledger api of Ethereum.",
diff --git a/plugins/aea-ledger-fetchai/setup.py b/plugins/aea-ledger-fetchai/setup.py
index b84d15b424..87fa02b5eb 100644
--- a/plugins/aea-ledger-fetchai/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-ledger-fetchai/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-ledger-fetchai",
-    version="1.51.0",
+    version="1.52.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="Python package wrapping the public and private key cryptography and ledger API of Fetch.AI.",
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
             "test_tools/data/*",
         ]
     },
-    install_requires=["open-aea-ledger-cosmos~=1.51.0"],
+    install_requires=["open-aea-ledger-cosmos~=1.52.0"],
     tests_require=["pytest"],
     entry_points={
         "aea.cryptos": ["fetchai = aea_ledger_fetchai:FetchAICrypto"],
diff --git a/plugins/aea-ledger-solana/setup.py b/plugins/aea-ledger-solana/setup.py
index 80427db9a0..03bb8298a3 100644
--- a/plugins/aea-ledger-solana/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-ledger-solana/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-ledger-solana",
-    version="1.51.0",
+    version="1.52.0",
     author="dassy23",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="Python package wrapping the public and private key cryptography and ledger api of solana.",
diff --git a/scripts/install.ps1 b/scripts/install.ps1
index 2a25246ce2..36164bfad9 100644
--- a/scripts/install.ps1
+++ b/scripts/install.ps1
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function instal_choco_golang_gcc {
 }
 function install_aea {
 	echo "Install aea"
-    $output=pip install open-aea[all]==1.51.0 --force --no-cache-dir 2>&1 |out-string;
+    $output=pip install open-aea[all]==1.52.0 --force --no-cache-dir 2>&1 |out-string;
     if ($LastExitCode -ne 0) {
         echo $output
         echo "AEA install failed!"
diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index 383a4f8fe1..8f19260726 100755
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function is_python_version_ok() {
 
 function install_aea (){
 	echo "Install AEA"
-	output=$(pip3 install --user open-aea[all]==1.51.0 --force --no-cache-dir)
+	output=$(pip3 install --user open-aea[all]==1.52.0 --force --no-cache-dir)
 	if [[  $? -ne 0 ]];
 	then
 		echo "$output"
diff --git a/skaffold.yaml b/skaffold.yaml
index ae9068268a..621cfd4cb6 100644
--- a/skaffold.yaml
+++ b/skaffold.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
 build:
   tagPolicy:
     envTemplate:
-      template: "1.51.0"
+      template: "1.52.0"
   artifacts:
   - image: valory/open-aea-develop
     docker:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ profiles:
     build:
       tagPolicy:
         envTemplate:
-          template: "1.51.0"
+          template: "1.52.0"
       artifacts:
       - image: valory/open-aea-docs
         docker:
diff --git a/user-image/Dockerfile b/user-image/Dockerfile
index 4c701e92ad..7472ae80e5 100644
--- a/user-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/user-image/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ENV LANG C.UTF-8
 RUN apt update && apt install -y python3.11-dev python3-pip -y && apt autoremove && apt autoclean
 
 RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip
-RUN pip3 install "open-aea[all]==1.51.0" open-aea-cli-ipfs==1.51.0
+RUN pip3 install "open-aea[all]==1.52.0" open-aea-cli-ipfs==1.52.0
 
 COPY user-image/openssl.cnf /etc/ssl
 
diff --git a/user-image/docker-env.sh b/user-image/docker-env.sh
index 6bdc9f9d1f..568eb8fb59 100644
--- a/user-image/docker-env.sh
+++ b/user-image/docker-env.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Swap the following lines if you want to work with 'latest'
-DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=valory/open-aea-user:1.51.0
+DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=valory/open-aea-user:1.52.0
 # DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=valory/open-aea-user:latest
 
 DOCKER_BUILD_CONTEXT_DIR=..