diff --git a/src/site/markdown/news.md b/src/site/markdown/news.md
index c3d24d4..2658b0e 100644
--- a/src/site/markdown/news.md
+++ b/src/site/markdown/news.md
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 HttpComponents Project News
 ===========================
 
-###### 17 March 2022 - HttpComponents Core 5.2-beta1 released
+###### 2 June 2022 - HttpComponents Core 5.2-beta2 released
 
-This is the first BETA release in the 5.2 release series that marks the completion of major API changes and starts the
-transition toward a GA phase.
+This BETA release corrects a major regression in the TLS handshake handling code introduced in the previous BETA
+release.
 
 Notable changes and features included in the 5.2 series:
 
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
 - Improved parsing and formatting of URI components.
 - Use of Java 1.8 date / time APIs
 
+###### 17 March 2022 - HttpComponents Core 5.2-beta1 released
+
+This is the first BETA release in the 5.2 release series that marks the completion of major API changes and starts the
+transition toward a GA phase.
+
 ###### 1 February 2022 - HttpComponents Client 5.1.3 (GA) released
 
 This release upgrades HttpCore to the latest 5.1 version and fixes a number of issues found since release 5.1.2.
diff --git a/src/site/resources/httpcomponents-core-5.2.x/documentation.links b/src/site/resources/httpcomponents-core-5.2.x/documentation.links
index 5d2f749..bd4c161 100644
--- a/src/site/resources/httpcomponents-core-5.2.x/documentation.links
+++ b/src/site/resources/httpcomponents-core-5.2.x/documentation.links
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 
 5.2-alpha2  ../components/httpcomponents-core-5.1.x/5.2-alpha2
 5.2-beta1  ../components/httpcomponents-core-5.1.x/5.2-beta1
-current     ../components/httpcomponents-core-5.1.x/5.2-beta1
+5.2-beta2  ../components/httpcomponents-core-5.1.x/5.2-beta2
+current     ../components/httpcomponents-core-5.1.x/5.2-beta2
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/downloads.xml b/src/site/xdoc/downloads.xml
index c7cd638..b907161 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/downloads.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/downloads.xml
@@ -236,43 +236,43 @@
       </ul>
     </subsection>
 
-    <subsection name="HttpCore 5.2 BETA1">
+    <subsection name="HttpCore 5.2 BETA2">
       <a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/KEYS">KEYS</a>
       <a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/RELEASE_NOTES-5.2.x.txt">Release Notes</a>
       <br/>
       <p>Binary</p>
       <ul>
         <li>
-          <a href="[preferred]/httpcomponents/httpcore/binary/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta1-bin.tar.gz">5.2-beta1.tar.gz</a>
+          <a href="[preferred]/httpcomponents/httpcore/binary/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta2-bin.tar.gz">5.2-beta2.tar.gz</a>
           [<a
-                href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/binary/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta1-bin.tar.gz.sha512">
+                href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/binary/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta2-bin.tar.gz.sha512">
           sha512</a>]
-          [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/binary/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta1-bin.tar.gz.asc">
+          [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/binary/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta2-bin.tar.gz.asc">
           pgp</a>]
         </li>
         <li>
-          <a href="[preferred]/httpcomponents/httpcore/binary/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta1-bin.zip">5.2-beta1.zip</a>
-          [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/binary/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta1-bin.zip.sha512">
+          <a href="[preferred]/httpcomponents/httpcore/binary/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta2-bin.zip">5.2-beta2.zip</a>
+          [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/binary/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta2-bin.zip.sha512">
           sha512</a>]
-          [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/binary/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta1-bin.zip.asc">
+          [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/binary/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta2-bin.zip.asc">
           pgp</a>]
         </li>
       </ul>
       <p>Source</p>
       <ul>
         <li>
-          <a href="[preferred]/httpcomponents/httpcore/source/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta1-src.tar.gz">5.2-beta1.tar.gz</a>
+          <a href="[preferred]/httpcomponents/httpcore/source/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta2-src.tar.gz">5.2-beta2.tar.gz</a>
           [<a
-                href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/source/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta1-src.tar.gz.sha512">
+                href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/source/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta2-src.tar.gz.sha512">
           sha512</a>]
-          [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/source/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta1-src.tar.gz.asc">
+          [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/source/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta2-src.tar.gz.asc">
           pgp</a>]
         </li>
         <li>
-          <a href="[preferred]/httpcomponents/httpcore/source/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta1-src.zip">5.2-beta1.zip</a>
-          [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/source/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta1-src.zip.sha512">
+          <a href="[preferred]/httpcomponents/httpcore/source/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta2-src.zip">5.2-beta2.zip</a>
+          [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/source/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta2-src.zip.sha512">
           sha512</a>]
-          [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/source/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta1-src.zip.asc">
+          [<a href="https://downloads.apache.org/httpcomponents/httpcore/source/httpcomponents-core-5.2-beta2-src.zip.asc">
           pgp</a>]
         </li>
       </ul>