From 4cf8680df5fb6caa7b74adfd4e5f9c26f60d78cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ibraheem-opentensor <ibraheem@opentensor.dev>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 19:35:34 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Bumps version and adds changelog

---
 CHANGELOG.md               | 7 +++++++
 VERSION                    | 2 +-
 bittensor/core/settings.py | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fd26b29fde..3c79478b24 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 8.4.5 /2024-12-05
+
+## What's Changed
+* Overrides copy and deep copy for the metagraph by @ibraheem-opentensor in https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/pull/2523
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/opentensor/bittensor/compare/v8.4.4...v8.4.5
+
 ## 8.4.4 /2024-12-05
 
 ## What's Changed
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 2eb8a04cb5..007f2e63cd 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.4.4
\ No newline at end of file
+8.4.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bittensor/core/settings.py b/bittensor/core/settings.py
index 079ed6fb90..5bc596ede9 100644
--- a/bittensor/core/settings.py
+++ b/bittensor/core/settings.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-__version__ = "8.4.4"
+__version__ = "8.4.5"
 
 import os
 import re