diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63bdcf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 87bf898..fb52a36 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2024-10-25 Release 5.2.2
+	- fix logup error level
+
 2024-02-05 Release 5.2.1
 	- make logup log level configurable via environment variable
 
diff --git a/hxl/__init__.py b/hxl/__init__.py
index 38b4801..357f868 100644
--- a/hxl/__init__.py
+++ b/hxl/__init__.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 if sys.version_info < (3,):
     raise RuntimeError("libhxl requires Python 3 or higher")
 
-__version__="5.2.1"
+__version__="5.2.2"
 """Module version number
 see https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0396/
 """
diff --git a/hxl/util.py b/hxl/util.py
index ff9d2c6..835fbed 100644
--- a/hxl/util.py
+++ b/hxl/util.py
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ def logup(msg, props={}, level="notset"):
         props: additional properties for the log
 
     """
-    if level == 'notset':
-        level = os.getenv('LOGGING_LEVEL', 'INFO').lower()
-    input_logger = structlog.wrap_logger(logging.getLogger('hxl.REMOTE_ACCESS'))
-    props['function'] = sys._getframe(1).f_code.co_name
     levels = {
         "critical": 50,
         "error": 40,
@@ -26,4 +22,9 @@ def logup(msg, props={}, level="notset"):
         "info": 20,
         "debug": 10
     }
-    input_logger.log(level=levels[level], event=msg, **props)
+    if level == 'notset':
+        level = 'info'
+    if levels[level] >= levels[os.getenv('LOGGING_LEVEL', 'INFO').lower()]:
+        input_logger = structlog.wrap_logger(logging.getLogger('hxl.REMOTE_ACCESS'))
+        props['function'] = sys._getframe(1).f_code.co_name
+        input_logger.log(level=levels[level], event=msg, **props)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 164c750..fbb52dd 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='libhxl',
-    version="5.2.1",
+    version="5.2.2",
     description='Python support library for the Humanitarian Exchange Language (HXL). See http://hxlstandard.org and https://github.com/HXLStandard/libhxl-python',
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",