diff --git a/googleanalytics.php b/googleanalytics.php
index 9ca23ef5..40de6165 100644
--- a/googleanalytics.php
+++ b/googleanalytics.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Plugin URI: https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/google-analytics/#utm_source=wordpress&utm_medium=plugin&utm_campaign=wpgaplugin&utm_content=v504
 Description: This plugin makes it simple to add Google Analytics to your WordPress blog, adding lots of features, eg. error page, search result and automatic clickout and download tracking.
 Author: Team Yoast
-Version: 5.2.5
+Version: 5.2.6
 Requires at least: 3.8
 Author URI: https://yoast.com/
 License: GPL v3
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 // This plugin was originally based on Rich Boakes' Analytics plugin: http://boakes.org/analytics, but has since been rewritten and refactored multiple times.
 
-define( 'GAWP_VERSION', '5.2.5' );
+define( 'GAWP_VERSION', '5.2.6' );
 
 define( 'GAWP_FILE', __FILE__ );
 
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 700c98fd..14ffac18 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Donate link: https://yoast.com/donate/
 Tags: analytics, google analytics, statistics, tracking, stats, google, yoast
 Requires at least: 3.8
 Tested up to: 4.1
-Stable tag: 5.2.5
+Stable tag: 5.2.6
 
 Track your WordPress site easily with the latest tracking codes and lots added data for search result pages and error pages.
 
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
 
 == Changelog ==
 
+= 5.2.6 =
+
+Release Date: December 16th, 2014
+
+* Hotfix:
+	* Fixing API library to prevent fatal error.
+
+* Bugfixes:
+	* Fixes the way of getting data from the Google API. cURL was used, but is changed into core wp_remote functionality to prevent errors when cURL isn't enabled.
+
 = 5.2.5 =
 
 Release Date: December 16th, 2014