diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 3b26391d97..d76d536f31 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ We adhere to the [keepachangelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) format (
 ### Changed
 * Support toning down sortPom logging. ([#2185](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2185))
 * Bump default `ktlint` version to latest `1.2.1` -> `1.3.0`. ([#2165](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2165))
-* Bump default `ktfmt` version to latest `0.49` -> `0.51`. ([#2172](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2172))
+* Bump default `ktfmt` version to latest `0.49` -> `0.52`. ([#2172](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2172), [#2231](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2231))
 * Rename property `ktfmt` option `removeUnusedImport` -> `removeUnusedImports` to match `ktfmt`. ([#2172](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2172))
 * Bump default `eclipse` version to latest `4.29` -> `4.32`. ([#2179](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2179))
 * Bump default `greclipse` version to latest `4.29` -> `4.32`. ([#2179](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2179), [#2190](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2190))
diff --git a/lib/build.gradle b/lib/build.gradle
index ace50bf1c3..930510995e 100644
--- a/lib/build.gradle
+++ b/lib/build.gradle
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ dependencies {
 	jacksonCompileOnly "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:$VER_JACKSON"
 	jacksonCompileOnly "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:$VER_JACKSON"
 	// ktfmt
-	ktfmtCompileOnly "com.facebook:ktfmt:0.51"
+	ktfmtCompileOnly "com.facebook:ktfmt:0.52"
 	ktfmtCompileOnly("com.google.googlejavaformat:google-java-format") {
 		version {
 			strictly '1.7' // for JDK 8 compatibility
diff --git a/lib/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/kotlin/KtfmtStep.java b/lib/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/kotlin/KtfmtStep.java
index 7f69be302f..fcb4397c3b 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/kotlin/KtfmtStep.java
+++ b/lib/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/kotlin/KtfmtStep.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
  */
 public class KtfmtStep implements Serializable {
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-	private static final String DEFAULT_VERSION = "0.51";
+	private static final String DEFAULT_VERSION = "0.52";
 	private static final String NAME = "ktfmt";
 	private static final String MAVEN_COORDINATE = "com.facebook:ktfmt:";
 
diff --git a/plugin-gradle/CHANGES.md b/plugin-gradle/CHANGES.md
index 3973f2b356..78e3fc13c7 100644
--- a/plugin-gradle/CHANGES.md
+++ b/plugin-gradle/CHANGES.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ We adhere to the [keepachangelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) format (
 ### Changed
 * Support toning down sortPom logging. ([#2185](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2185))
 * Bump default `ktlint` version to latest `1.2.1` -> `1.3.0`. ([#2165](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2165))
-* Bump default `ktfmt` version to latest `0.49` -> `0.51`. ([#2172](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2172))
+* Bump default `ktfmt` version to latest `0.49` -> `0.52`. ([#2172](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2172), [#2231](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2231))
 * Rename property `ktfmt` option `removeUnusedImport` -> `removeUnusedImports` to match `ktfmt`. ([#2172](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2172))
 * Bump default `eclipse` version to latest `4.29` -> `4.32`. ([#2179](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2179))
 * Bump default `greclipse` version to latest `4.29` -> `4.32`. ([#2179](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2179), [#2190](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2190))
diff --git a/plugin-maven/CHANGES.md b/plugin-maven/CHANGES.md
index d6e7824e4d..efd8b50e7b 100644
--- a/plugin-maven/CHANGES.md
+++ b/plugin-maven/CHANGES.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ We adhere to the [keepachangelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) format (
 ### Changed
 * Support toning down sortPom logging. ([#2185](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2185))
 * Bump default `ktlint` version to latest `1.2.1` -> `1.3.0`. ([#2165](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2165))
-* Bump default `ktfmt` version to latest `0.49` -> `0.51`. ([#2172](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2172))
+* Bump default `ktfmt` version to latest `0.49` -> `0.52`. ([#2172](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2172), [#2231](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2231))
 * Rename property `ktfmt` option `removeUnusedImport` -> `removeUnusedImports` to match `ktfmt`. ([#2172](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2172))
 * Bump default `eclipse` version to latest `4.29` -> `4.32`. ([#2179](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2179))
 * Bump default `greclipse` version to latest `4.29` -> `4.32`. ([#2179](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2179), [#2190](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/pull/2190))