diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fd776b6e001033ab3399a75f33d6d91856909c3a..4018911c4788640d0c9de9196b87c6bea73c73d8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+Knot DNS 2.4.5 (2017-06-23)
+===========================
+
+Security:
+---------
+ - Improper TSIG validity period check can allow TSIG forgery (Thanks to Synacktiv!)
+
+Bugfixes:
+---------
+ - Corner case journal fixes (huge changesets, OpenWRT operation)
+
 Knot DNS 2.4.4 (2017-06-05)
 ===========================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c7bcdade55339b0f12b63772c7427d45ab1a052e..7cdd2b895fc4eda32820b18a662100460157df9d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 
 m4_define([knot_VERSION_MAJOR],2)dnl
 m4_define([knot_VERSION_MINOR],4)dnl
-m4_define([knot_VERSION_PATCH],4)dnl
+m4_define([knot_VERSION_PATCH],5)dnl
 m4_define([knot_VERSION_EXTRA],)dnl
 m4_define([knot_PKG_VERSION],[knot_VERSION_MAJOR.knot_VERSION_MINOR.knot_VERSION_PATCH]knot_VERSION_EXTRA)dnl