diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 344c95141..34378c4b8 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ consumption to do the same tasks.
 Detailed list of changes
 -------------------------------------
 
-0.45.0 [future]
+0.45.0 [2025-12-24]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 - A new :doc:`kitten to select files at the speed of thought </kittens/choose-files>` with a keyboard first interface and support for content previews of text file with syntax highlighting, images, videos, e-books and more (:iss:`9263`)
diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index 387120098..1e3e6d71d 100644
--- a/kitty/constants.py
+++ b/kitty/constants.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Version(NamedTuple):
 
 appname: str = 'kitty'
 kitty_face = '🐱'
-version: Version = Version(0, 44, 0)
+version: Version = Version(0, 45, 0)
 str_version: str = '.'.join(map(str, version))
 _plat = sys.platform.lower()
 is_macos: bool = 'darwin' in _plat