diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 91ff572..26d99a2 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.2.0
+5.2.1
diff --git a/play-life-backend/migrations/000022_drop_weekly_goals_max_score.down.sql b/play-life-backend/migrations/000022_drop_weekly_goals_max_score.down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5863af8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/play-life-backend/migrations/000022_drop_weekly_goals_max_score.down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-- Restore max_score for rollback (snapshot of goal; can be repopulated from max_goal_score)
+
+ALTER TABLE weekly_goals ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS max_score NUMERIC(10,4);
+UPDATE weekly_goals SET max_score = max_goal_score WHERE max_score IS NULL;
diff --git a/play-life-backend/migrations/000022_drop_weekly_goals_max_score.up.sql b/play-life-backend/migrations/000022_drop_weekly_goals_max_score.up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..974eaff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/play-life-backend/migrations/000022_drop_weekly_goals_max_score.up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-- Migration: Drop weekly_goals.max_score if still present (e.g. prod where 000020 wasn't applied)
+-- normalized_total_score in weekly_report_mv uses max_goal_score; max_score is unused.
+
+ALTER TABLE weekly_goals DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS max_score;
diff --git a/play-life-web/package.json b/play-life-web/package.json
index 0577b33..e20be6c 100644
--- a/play-life-web/package.json
+++ b/play-life-web/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "play-life-web",
-  "version": "5.2.0",
+  "version": "5.2.1",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",