diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index a28f9d907..0434a2bca 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Latest changes
 
+## 0.45.0
+
 * Add support for OpenAPI Callbacks:
     * New docs: [OpenAPI Callbacks](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/openapi-callbacks/).
     * Refactor generation of `operationId`s to be valid Python names (also valid variables in most languages).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index fbed73451..1b4e4c5f3 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__ = "0.44.1"
+__version__ = "0.45.0"
 
 from starlette.background import BackgroundTasks