diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: pkgbuild
 Title: Find Tools Needed to Build R Packages
-Version: 1.4.4.9000
+Version: 1.4.5
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", role = "aut"),
     person("Jim", "Hester", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# pkgbuild (development version)
+# pkgbuild 1.4.5
 
 * pkgbuild now does a better job at finding Rtools 4.3 and 4.4 if they
   were not installed from an installer.