diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index fffca6e..d964063 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2015-2021 Matthias Geier
+Copyright (c) 2015-2022 Matthias Geier
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 50f5d24..2a0fa11 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.4.5 (2022-08-21):
+ * Add ``index`` field to device dict
+ * Require Python >= 3.7
+ * Add PaWasapi_IsLoopback() to cdef (high-level interface not yet available)
+
 0.4.4 (2021-12-31):
  * Exact device string matches can now include the host API name
 
diff --git a/sounddevice.py b/sounddevice.py
index f13e902..a0b723b 100644
--- a/sounddevice.py
+++ b/sounddevice.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     https://python-sounddevice.readthedocs.io/
 
 """
-__version__ = '0.4.4'
+__version__ = '0.4.5'
 
 import atexit as _atexit
 import os as _os