diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index be52a5bc0..b4ad754e6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,29 @@
 ChangeLog :
 ===========
 
+2010/05/13 : 1.4.5
+    - [DOC] report minimum kernel version for tproxy in the Makefile
+    - [MINOR] add the "ignore-persist" option to conditionally ignore persistence
+    - [DOC] add the "ignore-persist" option to conditionally ignore persistence
+    - [DOC] fix ignore-persist/force-persist documentation
+    - [BUG] cttproxy: socket fd leakage in check_cttproxy_version
+    - [DOC] doc/configuration.txt: fix typos
+    - [MINOR] option http-pretend-keepalive is both for FEs and BEs
+    - [MINOR] fix possible crash in debug mode with invalid responses
+    - [MINOR] halog: add support for statisticts on status codes
+    - [OPTIM] halog: use a faster zero test in fgets()
+    - [OPTIM] halog: minor speedup by using unlikely()
+    - [OPTIM] halog: speed up fgets2-64 by about 10%
+    - [DOC] refresh the README file and merge the CONTRIB file into it
+    - [MINOR] acl: support loading values from files
+    - [MEDIUM] ebtree: upgrade to version 6.0
+    - [MINOR] acl trees: add flags and union members to store values in trees
+    - [MEDIUM] acl: add ability to insert patterns in trees
+    - [MEDIUM] acl: add tree-based lookups of exact strings
+    - [MEDIUM] acl: add tree-based lookups of networks
+    - [MINOR] acl: ignore empty lines and comments in pattern files
+    - [MINOR] stick-tables: add support for "stick on hdr"
+
 2010/04/07 : 1.4.4
     - [BUG] appsession should match the whole cookie name
     - [CLEANUP] proxy: move PR_O_SSL3_CHK to options2 to release one flag
diff --git a/VERDATE b/VERDATE
index 9b4675731..b0b886d4e 100644
--- a/VERDATE
+++ b/VERDATE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2010/04/07
+2010/05/13
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1c99cf0e8..e516bb9d9 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.4.4
+1.4.5
diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index b8636acc8..087126559 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
                                  HAProxy
                           Configuration Manual
                          ----------------------
-                             version 1.4.4
+                             version 1.4.5
                              willy tarreau
-                              2010/04/07
+                              2010/05/13
 
 
 This document covers the configuration language as implemented in the version
diff --git a/examples/haproxy.spec b/examples/haproxy.spec
index c9de49425..ff2e52833 100644
--- a/examples/haproxy.spec
+++ b/examples/haproxy.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: HA-Proxy is a TCP/HTTP reverse proxy for high availability environments
 Name: haproxy
-Version: 1.4.4
+Version: 1.4.5
 Release: 1
 License: GPL
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ fi
 %attr(0755,root,root) %config %{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 13 2010 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
+- updated to 1.4.5
+
 * Wed Apr  7 2010 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
 - updated to 1.4.4