diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 49329d5bb7..c9b3266df8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+1.4.5.pre4 to 1.4.5:
+
+
 1.4.5.pre3 to 1.4.5.pre4:
   - Catch UnboundLocalError exception when EmailAlert fails connecting to the SMTP server (Alan Malta Rodrigues) #10244
   - Convert Campaign pileup data location to PSNs to match against the SiteWhitelist (Alan Malta Rodrigues) #10243
diff --git a/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py b/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
index a0ce2c3de5..b048b0e0fa 100644
--- a/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
+++ b/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = '1.4.5.pre4'
+__version__ = '1.4.5'
 __all__ = []