diff --git a/docs/antnews.html b/docs/antnews.html
index 8e7edf5ae..980314900 100644
--- a/docs/antnews.html
+++ b/docs/antnews.html
@@ -223,6 +223,17 @@
        is now located at <a href="http://ant.apache.org">http://ant.apache.org</a>
      </p>
                       <br/>
+  <table class="nowrap" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%">
+    <tr><td bgcolor="#294563"><font color="#ffffff"><a name="Ant 1.5.2Beta1"><strong>Ant 1.5.2Beta1</strong></a></font></td></tr>
+  </table>
+                        <h3>February 21, 2003 - Ant 1.5.2 Beta1 Available!</h3>
+                                <p>The first beta version of Ant 1.5.2 is now available for 
+     download at <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/v1.5.2beta1/">
+     http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/v1.5.2beta1</a>. 
+     If you have any feedback on the beta feel free to join the 
+     discussion on the dev and user mailing lists.
+     </p>
+                      <br/>
   <table class="nowrap" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%">
     <tr><td bgcolor="#294563"><font color="#ffffff"><a name="Ant 1.5.1"><strong>Ant 1.5.1</strong></a></font></td></tr>
   </table>
diff --git a/xdocs/antnews.xml b/xdocs/antnews.xml
index 8eadb2a6f..c4bafc672 100644
--- a/xdocs/antnews.xml
+++ b/xdocs/antnews.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@
      </p>
   </section>
     
+  <section name="Ant 1.5.2Beta1">
+    <h3>February 21, 2003 - Ant 1.5.2 Beta1 Available!</h3>
+    <p>The first beta version of Ant 1.5.2 is now available for 
+     download at <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/v1.5.2beta1/">
+     http://www.apache.org/dist/ant/v1.5.2beta1</a>. 
+     If you have any feedback on the beta feel free to join the 
+     discussion on the dev and user mailing lists.
+     </p>
+  </section>
+
   <section name="Ant 1.5.1">
     <h3>October 3, 2002 - Ant 1.5.1 Available !</h3>
     <p>The final version of Ant 1.5.1 is now available for