diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index f0c72e3a72..00ce75134a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,36 @@ Changelog for Onadata
 
 ``* represents releases that introduce new migrations``
 
+v4.5.0(2024-08-28)
+------------------
+- Fix argument of type 'ProjectUserObjectPermission' is not iterable 
+  `PR #2682 <https://github.com/onaio/onadata/pull/2682>`
+  [@kelvin-muchiri]
+- Updated docker file to use latest base images 
+  `PR #2680 <https://github.com/onaio/onadata/pull/2680>`
+  [@ukanga]
+- Add support for downloading EntityList dataset 
+  `PR #2678 <https://github.com/onaio/onadata/pull/2678>`
+  [@kelvin-muchiri]
+- Fix exception thrown when updating organization profile
+  `PR #2677 <https://github.com/onaio/onadata/pull/2677>`
+  [@FrankApiyo]
+- Create Entity only if submission is approved when form submission review is enabled
+  `PR #2673 <https://github.com/onaio/onadata/pull/2673>`
+  [@kelvin-muchiri]
+- docker: Use latest build of python-deps
+  `PR #2670 <https://github.com/onaio/onadata/pull/2670>`
+  [@ukanga]
+- Fix stale data sent to rest services after editing submission
+  `PR #2667 <https://github.com/onaio/onadata/pull/2667>`
+  [@kelvin-muchiri]
+- Add ability to have configurable Django admin path
+  `PR #2666 <https://github.com/onaio/onadata/pull/2666>`
+  [@kelvin-muchiri]
+- User per-role cache key for the organization_profile_viewset
+  `PR #2665 <https://github.com/onaio/onadata/pull/2665>`
+  [@FrankApiyo]
+
 v4.4.0(2024-08-13)
 ------------------
 - Fix untracked Django's view of migration state
diff --git a/onadata/__init__.py b/onadata/__init__.py
index 5fba2f7f45..6dd1f49b53 100644
--- a/onadata/__init__.py
+++ b/onadata/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 """
 from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
-__version__ = "4.4.0"
+__version__ = "4.5.0"
 
 
 # This will make sure the app is always imported when
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f4cd63fa1f..b7f01906d4 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = onadata
-version = 4.4.0
+version = 4.5.0
 description = Collect Analyze and Share Data
 long_description = file: README.rst
 long_description_content_type = text/x-rst