diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a8be3f777..812c2fb45 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+
+## [0.4.5] - 2019-12-04
 ## Added
 - Expose umoci subcommands as part of the API, so they can be used by other Go
   projects. openSUSE/umoci#289
@@ -406,7 +408,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
   + `repack`
   + `config`
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/openSUSE/umoci/compare/v0.4.4...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/openSUSE/umoci/compare/v0.4.5...HEAD
+[0.4.5]: https://github.com/openSUSE/umoci/compare/v0.4.4...v0.4.5
 [0.4.4]: https://github.com/openSUSE/umoci/compare/v0.4.3...v0.4.4
 [0.4.3]: https://github.com/openSUSE/umoci/compare/v0.4.2...v0.4.3
 [0.4.2]: https://github.com/openSUSE/umoci/compare/v0.4.1...v0.4.2
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 286ff2b91..0bfccb080 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.4.4+dev
+0.4.5