diff --git a/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Table/TaskTable.php b/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Table/TaskTable.php
index d34479f817f41..33caa5e1d605e 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Table/TaskTable.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_scheduler/src/Table/TaskTable.php
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ protected function _getAssetName(): string
*
* @return string
*
- * @since __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+ * @since 5.2.3
*/
protected function _getAssetTitle(): string
{
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ protected function _getAssetTitle(): string
*
* @return integer
*
- * @since __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+ * @since 5.2.3
*/
protected function _getAssetParentId(?Table $table = null, $id = null): int
{
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml b/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml
index 8f5b4dcca1928..d881dc45f7dc1 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
English (en-GB)
en-GB
5.2.3
- 2024-11
+ 2024-12
Joomla! Project
admin@joomla.org
www.joomla.org
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml b/administrator/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
index 6b0f6c4822b76..1b2cacb6a6baf 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
English (en-GB)
5.2.3
- 2024-11
+ 2024-12
Joomla! Project
admin@joomla.org
www.joomla.org
diff --git a/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml b/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
index d95301f939514..623b91c81a21c 100644
--- a/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
+++ b/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
www.joomla.org
(C) 2019 Open Source Matters, Inc.
GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
- 5.2.3-dev
- 2024-11
+ 5.2.3-rc1
+ 2024-12
FILES_JOOMLA_XML_DESCRIPTION
administrator/components/com_admin/script.php
diff --git a/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml b/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml
index a3f843a6fac1a..0d4b181d9e625 100644
--- a/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml
+++ b/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
English (en-GB) Language Pack
en-GB
5.2.3.1
- 2024-11
+ 2024-12
Joomla! Project
admin@joomla.org
www.joomla.org
diff --git a/api/language/en-GB/install.xml b/api/language/en-GB/install.xml
index 9cbd76bdc8ad0..6370dc605bc91 100644
--- a/api/language/en-GB/install.xml
+++ b/api/language/en-GB/install.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
English (en-GB)
en-GB
5.2.3
- 2024-11
+ 2024-12
Joomla! Project
admin@joomla.org
www.joomla.org
diff --git a/api/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml b/api/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
index 48d3d66556e36..c3b8deffeedc5 100644
--- a/api/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
+++ b/api/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
English (en-GB)
5.2.3
- 2024-11
+ 2024-12
Joomla! Project
admin@joomla.org
www.joomla.org
diff --git a/installation/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml b/installation/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
index f0eaa9515e95b..9f89d525c1c24 100644
--- a/installation/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
+++ b/installation/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
English (United Kingdom)
5.2.3
- 2024-11
+ 2024-12
Joomla! Project
(C) 2005 Open Source Matters, Inc.
GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/language/en-GB/install.xml b/language/en-GB/install.xml
index ad38caaa2a8c8..4a9959f62786d 100644
--- a/language/en-GB/install.xml
+++ b/language/en-GB/install.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
English (en-GB)
en-GB
5.2.3
- 2024-11
+ 2024-12
Joomla! Project
admin@joomla.org
www.joomla.org
diff --git a/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml b/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
index 1517e1f4e9310..2632d7de14705 100644
--- a/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
+++ b/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
English (en-GB)
5.2.3
- 2024-11
+ 2024-12
Joomla! Project
admin@joomla.org
www.joomla.org
diff --git a/libraries/src/Application/CMSApplication.php b/libraries/src/Application/CMSApplication.php
index 8b41875448625..4b6bf2ae9a790 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Application/CMSApplication.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Application/CMSApplication.php
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ public function execute()
* @return void
*
* @throws \Exception
- * @deprecated __DEPLOY_VERSION__ will be removed in 7.0
+ * @deprecated 5.2.3 will be removed in 7.0
* Use $this->checkUserRequiresReset() instead.
*/
protected function checkUserRequireReset($option, $view, $layout, $tasks)
diff --git a/libraries/src/Version.php b/libraries/src/Version.php
index b9c35d96e51f7..afb0abd42a592 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Version.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Version.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ final class Version
* @var string
* @since 3.8.0
*/
- public const EXTRA_VERSION = 'dev';
+ public const EXTRA_VERSION = 'rc1';
/**
* Development status.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ final class Version
* @var string
* @since 3.5
*/
- public const DEV_STATUS = 'Development';
+ public const DEV_STATUS = 'Release Candidate';
/**
* Code name.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ final class Version
* @var string
* @since 3.5
*/
- public const RELDATE = '26-November-2024';
+ public const RELDATE = '31-December-2024';
/**
* Release time.
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ final class Version
* @var string
* @since 3.5
*/
- public const RELTIME = '16:01';
+ public const RELTIME = '16:00';
/**
* Release timezone.