diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b40070a..c9412df 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 # Matemat Changelog
 
+<!-- BEGIN RELEASE v0.4.5 -->
+## Version 0.4.5
+
+Feature & Bugfix release
+
+### Changes
+
+<!-- BEGIN CHANGES 0.4.5 -->
+- fix: default values of config options SignupKioskMode and BarcodeWebsocketAcl did not work
+- feat: proper thumbnail cache handling, removal of cachebusters
+- feat: always pad thumbnails to a square shape
+- refactor: move image upload to a unified function
+- fix: barcodes unittest
+- fix: non-http templates
+- feat: load default thumbnail on fetch rather than copying default thumbnail to user/product on creation
+- feat: allow multiple barcodes to be associated with a product
+- chore: consistent renaming from ean to barcode
+<!-- END CHANGES 0.4.5 -->
+
+<!-- END RELEASE v0.4.5 -->
+
 <!-- BEGIN RELEASE v0.4.4 -->
 ## Version 0.4.4
 
diff --git a/matemat/__init__.py b/matemat/__init__.py
index 64d60f8..7553f16 100644
--- a/matemat/__init__.py
+++ b/matemat/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 
-__version__ = '0.4.4'
+__version__ = '0.4.5'