diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ae424345..2abdb143 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+Changes in 1.4.5
+================
+
+* Support automatically installing common license files for modules
+* Add license-files option to define license files to install per module
+* Support committing mirrored media as screenshot ref to exported repo
+* Enable authenticated downloads via netrc
+* Create CACHEDIR.TAG file in state dir
+* Create gitignore file in state dir
+* Switch to bsdunzip from unzip
+* Install both platform and sdk from combined runtime manifest
+* Improvements to docs and CI
+
 Changes in 1.4.4
 ================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c63f0759..bfee7888 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.63])
 
 m4_define([flatpak_builder_major_version], [1])
 m4_define([flatpak_builder_minor_version], [4])
-m4_define([flatpak_builder_micro_version], [4])
+m4_define([flatpak_builder_micro_version], [5])
 m4_define([flatpak_builder_version],
           [flatpak_builder_major_version.flatpak_builder_minor_version.flatpak_builder_micro_version])
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c2749f06..1085a8f7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ project(
   'c',
   license: 'LGPL-2.1-or-later',
   meson_version: '>= 0.56.2',
-  version: '1.4.4',
+  version: '1.4.5',
   default_options: 'c_std=gnu99',
 )