diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1c99cf0e80..e516bb9d96 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.4.4
+1.4.5
diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index 5a2fc62873..e94b76594d 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const (
 	clientIdentifier = "Geth"   // Client identifier to advertise over the network
 	versionMajor     = 1        // Major version component of the current release
 	versionMinor     = 4        // Minor version component of the current release
-	versionPatch     = 4        // Patch version component of the current release
+	versionPatch     = 5        // Patch version component of the current release
 	versionMeta      = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 
 	versionOracle = "0xfa7b9770ca4cb04296cac84f37736d4041251cdf" // Ethereum address of the Geth release oracle