diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f89dfa8e..fa6a9eec 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+45.0
+====
+
+Contributors:
+  Andre Klapper
+
+Translators:
+  Bruce Cowan [en_GB]
+
 45.rc
 =====
 * Misc. bug fixes and cleanups [Florian; !267, !224, !272]
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6a134e89..495b97e9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 project('gnome-shell-extensions',
-  version: '45.rc',
+  version: '45.0',
   meson_version: '>= 0.58.0',
   license: 'GPL2+'
 )