diff --git a/pkg/nanopb/Makefile b/pkg/nanopb/Makefile
index bbe104662d03..2ce1b7291776 100644
--- a/pkg/nanopb/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/nanopb/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PKG_NAME=nanopb
 PKG_URL=https://github.com/nanopb/nanopb
-PKG_VERSION=2b48a361786dfb1f63d229840217a93aae064667 # nanopb-0.4.4
+PKG_VERSION=nanopb-0.4.5
 PKG_LICENSE=MIT
 
 include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk