diff --git a/v.mod b/v.mod
index 9d76c75be1..322eacc889 100644
--- a/v.mod
+++ b/v.mod
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Module {
 	name: 'V'
 	description: 'The V programming language.'
-	version: '0.4.4'
+	version: '0.4.5'
 	license: 'MIT'
 	repo_url: 'https://github.com/vlang/v'
 	dependencies: []
diff --git a/vlib/semver/v.mod b/vlib/semver/v.mod
index ab7919bc4c..7a5ce0c0e6 100644
--- a/vlib/semver/v.mod
+++ b/vlib/semver/v.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Module {
 	name:    'semver'
-	version: '0.4.4'
+	version: '0.4.5'
 	deps:    []
 }
diff --git a/vlib/v/util/version/version.c.v b/vlib/v/util/version/version.c.v
index 3721dfbdad..7575fcb456 100644
--- a/vlib/v/util/version/version.c.v
+++ b/vlib/v/util/version/version.c.v
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module version
 
 import os
 
-pub const v_version = '0.4.4'
+pub const v_version = '0.4.5'
 
 // vhash() returns the build string C.V_COMMIT_HASH . See cmd/tools/gen_vc.v .
 pub fn vhash() string {