diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3386b49b..9ee9ecb5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [4.5.0]
+
+- significantly reduce the time needed to retrieve entries or mark them as read, especially when there are a lot of
+  entries (#1452)
+- fix a race condition where a feed could be refreshed before it was created in the database
+- fix an issue that could cause the websocket notification to contain the wrong number of unread entries when using
+  mysql/mariadb
+- fix an error when trying to mark all starred entries as read
+- remove the `onlyIds` parameter from REST endpoints since retrieving all the entries is now just as fast
+- remove support for microsoft sqlserver because it's not covered with integration tests (please open an issue if you'd
+  like it back)
+
 ## [4.4.1]
 
 - fix vertical scrolling issues with Safari (#1168)
diff --git a/commafeed-client/pom.xml b/commafeed-client/pom.xml
index b8a8c2c8..74570860 100644
--- a/commafeed-client/pom.xml
+++ b/commafeed-client/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.commafeed</groupId>
 		<artifactId>commafeed</artifactId>
-		<version>4.4.1</version>
+		<version>4.5.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>commafeed-client</artifactId>
 	<name>CommaFeed Client</name>
diff --git a/commafeed-server/pom.xml b/commafeed-server/pom.xml
index afd28837..fa6070e2 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/pom.xml
+++ b/commafeed-server/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>com.commafeed</groupId>
 		<artifactId>commafeed</artifactId>
-		<version>4.4.1</version>
+		<version>4.5.0</version>
 	</parent>
 	<artifactId>commafeed-server</artifactId>
 	<name>CommaFeed Server</name>
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.commafeed</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commafeed-client</artifactId>
-			<version>4.4.1</version>
+			<version>4.5.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ebe194b7..3dc4a2f9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>com.commafeed</groupId>
 	<artifactId>commafeed</artifactId>
-	<version>4.4.1</version>
+	<version>4.5.0</version>
 	<name>CommaFeed</name>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>