diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e4300633..44394cab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Add the following Maven dependency to your project:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>de.bwaldvogel</groupId>
     <artifactId>mongo-java-server</artifactId>
-    <version>1.44.0</version>
+    <version>1.45.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ can either be in-memory or on-disk.
 <dependency>
     <groupId>de.bwaldvogel</groupId>
     <artifactId>mongo-java-server-h2-backend</artifactId>
-    <version>1.44.0</version>
+    <version>1.45.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Postgres and each MongoDB collection is stored as a table.
 <dependency>
     <groupId>de.bwaldvogel</groupId>
     <artifactId>mongo-java-server-postgresql-backend</artifactId>
-    <version>1.44.0</version>
+    <version>1.45.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a5861f29..45e8ef94 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ allprojects {
     apply plugin: 'java-library'
     apply plugin: 'jacoco'
 
-    version = '1.45.0-SNAPSHOT'
+    version = '1.45.0'
 
     group = 'de.bwaldvogel'