VERSION            | 2 +-
 install.texi       | 2 +-
 news.texi          | 7 +++++++
 pygost/__init__.py | 2 +-

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e0cd78d1060c10e84c9e000baeff98fc8b080145c43ea640274c86e4f4ff267d..b04853bccaead31689c8948e5da3af2db7fd4b8fb121891bacdea52d83bab5ff 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.4
+4.5
diff --git a/install.texi b/install.texi
index 743f0b3ab4425803f9e56aa8a84ad7de7b38b120e3e4d598cd2dc77610e6c67c..8c23d1a6ab309e7428a51953d93a0f14a7875b84cf4f0b11b8432cb7bb88ac2b 100644
--- a/install.texi
+++ b/install.texi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @node Download
 @unnumbered Download
 
-@set VERSION 4.4
+@set VERSION 4.5
 
 No additional dependencies except Python 2.7/3.x interpreter are required.
 
diff --git a/news.texi b/news.texi
index 7df35d9f03e67761d974492e125beb9e8258a12ab196f8af52dfa9e175c5d15d..a1999e14d567705f6c84fd8febabd7dc913af994dd3d62f9626dff69df56cf88 100644
--- a/news.texi
+++ b/news.texi
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ @unnumbered News
 
 @table @strong
 
+@anchor{Release 4.5}
+@item 4.5
+    @itemize
+    @item Fixed digest endianness and more RFC4491bis conformance in
+        @command{asn1schemas/cert-selfsigned-example.py} certificate's
+    @end itemize
+
 @anchor{Release 4.4}
 @item 4.4
     @itemize
diff --git a/pygost/__init__.py b/pygost/__init__.py
index 263d4d1a3c3a237d759b18bbcc98280548cb057ccdad2cb7bec2314d826814c4..bb0b239e9f1d594c7c240dd35a585028226dd6cb03c8695d5014ae9e920f923a 100644
--- a/pygost/__init__.py
+++ b/pygost/__init__.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 PyGOST is free software: see the file COPYING for copying conditions.
 """
 
-__version__ = "4.4"
+__version__ = "4.5"