diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index cba549dc5..a6f944eed 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ exclude docs-requirements.txt
 exclude NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
 exclude tagging.py
 exclude .package.json
+exclude .release_metadata.json
 
 recursive-exclude docs *
 recursive-exclude examples *
diff --git a/databricks/sdk/version.py b/databricks/sdk/version.py
index 7f532dc4a..4d8afa5ba 100644
--- a/databricks/sdk/version.py
+++ b/databricks/sdk/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.44.1"
+__version__ = "0.45.0"