diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 5af881d6f..958664134 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ android {
         namespace 'com.keylesspalace.tusky'
         minSdkVersion 23
         targetSdkVersion 33
-        versionCode 52
-        versionName '4.4.2'
+        versionCode 53
+        versionName '4.5.0'
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
         vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
 
diff --git a/changelogs/v4.5.0/whatsnew-en-US b/changelogs/v4.5.0/whatsnew-en-US
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2215a40f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/v4.5.0/whatsnew-en-US
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* https://github.com/tuskyapp/Tusky/compare/965d51100c4f772a99950d3e519be06b4dca46f7...29bd5dd91d63d14e38c8f28cc8175ce5fdc279f0