diff --git a/Changelog.yaml b/Changelog.yaml
index e8efa1c2cb..8455d05434 100644
--- a/Changelog.yaml
+++ b/Changelog.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,35 @@
 #   new recipes:
 #     - title:
 
+- version: 4.5.0
+  date: 2019-11-29
+
+  new features:
+    - title: "Driver for the new PocketBook Inkpad X"
+      tickets: [1854335]
+
+    - title: "Driver for the new Bookeen Diva HD"
+      tickets: [1854063]
+
+    - title: "PDF Output: Add an option to shift text horizontally on odd/even pages."
+      tickets: [1853155]
+
+    - title: "Image viewing popup dialog: Add a checkbox to fit image to window."
+      tickets: [1853671]
+
+    - title: "Edit book: Create @font-face rules when importing multiple font files into book automatically, similar to how it is done when importing a single font file."
+
+  bug fixes:
+    - title: "PDF Output: Fix incorrect rendering if the input document has too many anchors."
+      tickets: [1854345]
+
+    - title: "Fix a regression that could cause window layout settings to sometimes not be saved during shutdown"
+
+  improved recipes:
+    - "L'express"
+    - The Toronto Star
+
+
 - version: 4.4.0
   date: 2019-11-21
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/constants.py b/src/calibre/constants.py
index 87851bd069..16e80c3460 100644
--- a/src/calibre/constants.py
+++ b/src/calibre/constants.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from polyglot.builtins import map, unicode_type, environ_item, hasenv, getenv, a
 import sys, locale, codecs, os, importlib, collections
 
 __appname__   = 'calibre'
-numeric_version = (4, 4, 0)
+numeric_version = (4, 5, 0)
 __version__   = '.'.join(map(unicode_type, numeric_version))
 git_version   = None
 __author__    = "Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>"