diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 8ae73242f..c6a7d8049 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 .. _changelog:
 
+0.63.0
+------
+
+This release introduces copying projects. This feature makes it easy for course instructors to distribute course materials to students.
+
+User-Facing Changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+**🌟 New Features**
+
+- **UI**: Introduce the ability to make a copy of a project, and to mark a project as a template intended for copying. (`#3427 <https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-ui/pull/3427>`__).
+
+Individual Components
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- `renku-ui 3.45.0 <https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-ui/releases/tag/3.45.0>`_
+
 0.62.1
 ------
 
diff --git a/helm-chart/renku/templates/gateway/configmap.yaml b/helm-chart/renku/templates/gateway/configmap.yaml
index 164e045a5..a3d10052d 100644
--- a/helm-chart/renku/templates/gateway/configmap.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/renku/templates/gateway/configmap.yaml
@@ -37,11 +37,7 @@ data:
           authorizedParty: renku-cli
     revproxy:
       renkuBaseUrl: {{ include "renku.baseUrl" . | quote }}
-      {{- if .Values.gitlab.enabled }}
-      externalGitlabUrl: ""
-      {{- else }}
       externalGitlabUrl: {{ .Values.global.gitlab.url | default "" | quote }}
-      {{- end }}
       k8sNamespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
       renkuServices:
         notebooks: {{ printf "http://%s-notebooks" .Release.Name | quote }}
diff --git a/helm-chart/renku/templates/setup-job-gitlab.yaml b/helm-chart/renku/templates/setup-job-gitlab.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d8cb79b7..000000000
--- a/helm-chart/renku/templates/setup-job-gitlab.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-{{- if .Values.gitlab.enabled }}
-apiVersion: batch/v1
-kind: Job
-metadata:
-  name: "{{ .Release.Name }}-init-postgres-gitlab-rev{{ .Release.Revision }}-{{ randAlphaNum 5 | lower }}"
-  labels:
-    app: postgres-setup
-    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
-    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
-    chart: {{ template "renku.chart" . }}
-spec:
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      name: {{ .Release.Name }}-init-postgres-gitlab
-      labels:
-        app: postgres-setup
-        heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
-        release: {{ .Release.Name }}
-        chart: {{ template "renku.chart" . }}
-    spec:
-      restartPolicy: Never
-      containers:
-        - name: initialize-postgres-renku
-          image: "{{ .Values.initDb.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.initDb.image.tag }}"
-          args: [ "gitlab_db_init.py" ]
-          securityContext:
-            runAsUser: 1000
-            runAsGroup: 1000
-            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-            runAsNonRoot: true
-          env:
-            - name: DB_HOST
-              value: {{ template "postgresql.fullname" . }}
-            - name: DB_ADMIN_USERNAME
-              {{ if .Values.global.externalServices.postgresql.enabled }}
-              value: {{ .Values.global.externalServices.postgresql.username }}
-              {{- else -}}
-              value: {{ .Values.postgresql.auth.username }}
-              {{- end }}
-            {{- if not .Values.global.externalServices.postgresql.enabled }}
-            - name: DB_ADMIN_PASSWORD
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: "{{ template "postgresql.fullname" . }}"
-                  key: postgres-password
-            {{- else if .Values.global.externalServices.postgresql.password }}
-            - name: DB_ADMIN_PASSWORD
-              value: {{ .Values.global.externalServices.postgresql.password }}
-            {{- else if .Values.global.externalServices.postgresql.existingSecret }}
-            - name: DB_ADMIN_PASSWORD
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: {{ .Values.global.externalServices.postgresql.existingSecret }}
-                  key: postgres-password
-            {{- end }}
-            - name: GITLAB_ENABLED
-              value: {{ .Values.gitlab.enabled | quote }}
-            - name: GITLAB_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: {{ cat (include "renku.fullname" .) "-gateway" | nospace }} 
-                  key: gitlabClientSecret
-            - name: GITLAB_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID
-              value: {{ .Values.gateway.gitlabClientId | default .Values.global.gateway.gitlabClientId | quote }}
-            - name: GITLAB_DB_USERNAME
-              value: {{ .Values.global.gitlab.postgresUser | quote }}
-            - name: GITLAB_DB_NAME
-              value: {{ .Values.global.gitlab.postgresDatabase | quote }}
-            - name: GITLAB_DB_PASSWORD
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: {{ template "renku.fullname" . }}-gitlab-postgres
-                  key: gitlab-postgres-password
-            - name: GITLAB_URL
-              value: {{ .Values.global.gitlab.url | quote }}
-            - name: RENKU_URL
-              value: "{{ template "renku.http" . }}://{{ .Values.global.renku.domain }}"
-{{- end }}
diff --git a/helm-chart/renku/values.yaml b/helm-chart/renku/values.yaml
index 861141b0f..6b1ef3231 100644
--- a/helm-chart/renku/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/renku/values.yaml
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ ui:
     replicaCount: 1
     image:
       repository: renku/renku-ui
-      tag: "3.44.1"
+      tag: "3.45.0"
       pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
       ## Optionally specify an array of imagePullSecrets.
       ## Secrets must be manually created in the namespace.
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ ui:
     keepCookies: []
     image:
       repository: renku/renku-ui-server
-      tag: "3.44.1"
+      tag: "3.45.0"
       pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
     imagePullSecrets: []
     nameOverride: ""