diff --git a/fastify.js b/fastify.js
index 67509da5b1..664de65d13 100644
--- a/fastify.js
+++ b/fastify.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const VERSION = '4.4.0'
+const VERSION = '4.5.0'
 
 const Avvio = require('avvio')
 const http = require('http')
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9510a42d7f..9dfb993135 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "fastify",
-  "version": "4.4.0",
+  "version": "4.5.0",
   "description": "Fast and low overhead web framework, for Node.js",
   "main": "fastify.js",
   "type": "commonjs",