diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c2b0bbff..156c37be 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.0.45]
+
 - feat: update vendored ggml to 0.15.3 and sync SYCL bindings by @abetlen in #177
 - docs: add JupyterLite browser playground by @abetlen in #173
 
diff --git a/ggml/__init__.py b/ggml/__init__.py
index b92c6c63..090bea85 100644
--- a/ggml/__init__.py
+++ b/ggml/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from .ggml import *
 
-__version__ = "0.0.44"
+__version__ = "0.0.45"