diff --git a/academic/bowtie2/bowtie2.SlackBuild b/academic/bowtie2/bowtie2.SlackBuild
index 3c5d7eef9f..9028c72ac9 100644
--- a/academic/bowtie2/bowtie2.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/bowtie2/bowtie2.SlackBuild
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=bowtie2
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.5.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.5.2}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   esac
 fi
 
-# If the variable PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME is set, then this script will report what
-# the name of the created package would be, and then exit. This information
-# could be useful to other scripts.
 if [ ! -z "${PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME}" ]; then
   echo "$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE"
   exit 0
diff --git a/academic/bowtie2/bowtie2.info b/academic/bowtie2/bowtie2.info
index a390724b36..6858d25484 100644
--- a/academic/bowtie2/bowtie2.info
+++ b/academic/bowtie2/bowtie2.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="bowtie2"
-VERSION="2.5.1"
+VERSION="2.5.2"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/BenLangmead/bowtie2/releases"
 DOWNLOAD="UNSUPPORTED"
 MD5SUM=""
-DOWNLOAD_x86_64="https://github.com/BenLangmead/bowtie2/archive/v2.5.1/bowtie2-2.5.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM_x86_64="16caf86d239b176a4f367c9f63bd99c0"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64="https://github.com/BenLangmead/bowtie2/archive/v2.5.2/bowtie2-2.5.2.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM_x86_64="3b28e3771b7e52316b29aaa1329d8f1b"
 REQUIRES="tbb"
 MAINTAINER="Rob van Nues"
 EMAIL="sborg63@disroot.org"