diff --git a/Doc/howto/unicode.rst b/Doc/howto/unicode.rst
index 0f829f39af4..3d8bc060164 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/unicode.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/unicode.rst
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ These are grouped into categories such as "Letter", "Number", "Punctuation", or
 from the above output, ``'Ll'`` means 'Letter, lowercase', ``'No'`` means
 "Number, other", ``'Mn'`` is "Mark, nonspacing", and ``'So'`` is "Symbol,
 other".  See
-<http://unicode.org/Public/5.1.0/ucd/UCD.html#General_Category_Values> for a
+<http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr44/#General_Category_Values> for a
 list of category codes.
 
 References
diff --git a/Doc/library/unicodedata.rst b/Doc/library/unicodedata.rst
index e1e6dc130ea..af1ac5f1591 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unicodedata.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unicodedata.rst
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
 
 This module provides access to the Unicode Character Database which defines
 character properties for all Unicode characters. The data in this database is
-based on the :file:`UnicodeData.txt` file version 5.1.0 which is publicly
+based on the :file:`UnicodeData.txt` file version 5.2.0 which is publicly
 available from ftp://ftp.unicode.org/.
 
 The module uses the same names and symbols as defined by the UnicodeData File
-Format 5.1.0 (see http://www.unicode.org/Public/5.1.0/ucd/UCD.html).  It defines
-the following functions:
+Format 5.2.0 (see http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr44/).  It defines the
+following functions:
 
 
 .. function:: lookup(name)
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
index e063f1b96d2..e6aa3c5c5a1 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
@@ -933,11 +933,13 @@ changes, or look through the Subversion logs for all the details.
   a timeout was provided and the operation timed out.
   (Contributed by Tim Lesher; :issue:`1674032`.)
 
-* The Unicode database provided by the :mod:`unicodedata` module
-  remains at version 5.1.0, but Python now uses it internally to
-  determine which characters are numeric, whitespace, or represent
-  line breaks.  The database also now includes information from the
-  :file:`Unihan.txt` data file.  (Patch by Anders Chrigström
+* The Unicode database has been updated to the version 5.2.0.
+  (Updated by Florent Xicluna; :issue:`8024`.)
+
+* The Unicode database provided by the :mod:`unicodedata` is used
+  internally to determine which characters are numeric, whitespace,
+  or represent line breaks.  The database also now includes information
+  from the :file:`Unihan.txt` data file.  (Patch by Anders Chrigström
   and Amaury Forgeot d'Arc; :issue:`1571184`.)
 
 * The :class:`UserDict` class is now a new-style class.  (Changed by
diff --git a/Modules/unicodedata.c b/Modules/unicodedata.c
index ecd744a4c23..463f2cce3d5 100644
--- a/Modules/unicodedata.c
+++ b/Modules/unicodedata.c
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-   unicodedata -- Provides access to the Unicode 5.1 data base.
+   unicodedata -- Provides access to the Unicode 5.2 data base.
 
-   Data was extracted from the Unicode 5.1 UnicodeData.txt file.
+   Data was extracted from the Unicode 5.2 UnicodeData.txt file.
 
    Written by Marc-Andre Lemburg (mal@lemburg.com).
    Modified for Python 2.0 by Fredrik Lundh (fredrik@pythonware.com)
@@ -1235,11 +1235,10 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(unicodedata_docstring,
 "This module provides access to the Unicode Character Database which\n\
 defines character properties for all Unicode characters. The data in\n\
 this database is based on the UnicodeData.txt file version\n\
-5.1.0 which is publically available from ftp://ftp.unicode.org/.\n\
+5.2.0 which is publically available from ftp://ftp.unicode.org/.\n\
 \n\
 The module uses the same names and symbols as defined by the\n\
-UnicodeData File Format 5.1.0 (see\n\
-http://www.unicode.org/Public/5.1.0/ucd/UCD.html).");
+UnicodeData File Format 5.2.0 (see http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr44/).");
 
 
 static struct PyModuleDef unicodedatamodule = {