diff --git a/parts/common/components.json b/parts/common/components.json
index d031587c2b2..e2d6536818b 100644
--- a/parts/common/components.json
+++ b/parts/common/components.json
@@ -1771,7 +1771,7 @@
             "versionsV2": [
               {
                 "renovateTag": "name=ig, repository=production, os=ubuntu, release=24.04",
-                "latestVersion": "0.51.0-ubuntu24.04u4"
+                "latestVersion": "0.52.0-ubuntu24.04u2"
               }
             ]
           },
@@ -1779,7 +1779,7 @@
             "versionsV2": [
               {
                 "renovateTag": "name=ig, repository=production, os=ubuntu, release=22.04",
-                "latestVersion": "0.51.0-ubuntu22.04u4"
+                "latestVersion": "0.52.0-ubuntu22.04u2"
               }
             ]
           },
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@
             "versionsV2": [
               {
                 "renovateTag": "name=ig, repository=production, os=ubuntu, release=20.04",
-                "latestVersion": "0.51.0-ubuntu20.04u4"
+                "latestVersion": "0.52.0-ubuntu20.04u2"
               }
             ]
           }
@@ -1797,7 +1797,7 @@
             "versionsV2": [
               {
                 "renovateTag": "RPM_registry=https://packages.microsoft.com/azurelinux/3.0/prod/cloud-native/x86_64/repodata, name=ig, os=azurelinux, release=3.0",
-                "latestVersion": "0.51.0-4.azl3"
+                "latestVersion": "0.52.0-2.azl3"
               }
             ]
           }
diff --git a/spec/vhdbuilder/packer/install_ig_spec.sh b/spec/vhdbuilder/packer/install_ig_spec.sh
index 7305c77bf12..97b2e9f61c1 100644
--- a/spec/vhdbuilder/packer/install_ig_spec.sh
+++ b/spec/vhdbuilder/packer/install_ig_spec.sh
@@ -17,18 +17,3 @@ Describe 'ig_extract_upstream_version function'
     The stderr should include "[ig] Could not parse upstream version from 'not-a-version'"
   End
 End
-
-Describe 'ig_validate_version_compatibility function'
-  Include './vhdbuilder/packer/install-ig.sh'
-
-  It 'writes version mismatches to stderr'
-    OS="AZURELINUX"
-    AZURELINUX_OS_NAME="AZURELINUX"
-    IG_VERSION="0.51.1-4.azl3"
-
-    When run ig_validate_version_compatibility
-    The status should equal 1
-    The output should eq ""
-    The stderr should include "[ig] ig (0.51.1-4.azl3) and ig-gadgets (0.51.0-1.azl3) must share upstream version, found 0.51.1 vs 0.51.0"
-  End
-End
diff --git a/vhdbuilder/packer/install-ig.sh b/vhdbuilder/packer/install-ig.sh
index afc22046cc5..a5cdbed5dc3 100644
--- a/vhdbuilder/packer/install-ig.sh
+++ b/vhdbuilder/packer/install-ig.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ IG_SKIP_FILE="/etc/ig.d/skip_vhd_ig"
 # Since ig-gadgets is NOT in components.json (no Renovate coverage), its version
 # must still be updated manually here whenever ig moves to a new upstream
 # release. testInspektorGadgetAssets should catch any mismatch.
-IG_GADGETS_DEB_VERSION="0.51.0-ubuntu20.04u1"
-IG_GADGETS_RPM_VERSION="0.51.0-1.azl3"
+IG_GADGETS_DEB_VERSION="0.52.0-ubuntu20.04u1"
+IG_GADGETS_RPM_VERSION="0.52.0-1.azl3"
 
 ig_detect_arch() {
     CPU_ARCH=$(getCPUArch)