diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index a2d120d69..e293a7c5e 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Latest changes
 
+## 0.46.0
+
 * Fix typos and tweak configs. PR [#837](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/837).
 * Add link to Chinese article in [External Links](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/external-links/). PR [810](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/810) by [@wxq0309](https://github.com/wxq0309).
 * Implement `OAuth2AuthorizationCodeBearer` class. PR [#797](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/797) by [@kuwv](https://github.com/kuwv).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index 1b4e4c5f3..acf796a89 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.45.0"
+__version__ = "0.46.0"
 
 from starlette.background import BackgroundTasks