diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b1bf45a..db336088 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [5.4.5] - 2025-04-15
+- Fixed deprecation notice in StringEval in PHP8.4 [#1119](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1119)
+
+
 ## [5.4.4] - 2025-04-13
 - Fix syntax error occurring when registering a function plugin that ends with the string 'close' [#1122](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1122)
 - Replace SMARTY_VERSION constant with $smarty.version in debug.tpl [#1073](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1073)
diff --git a/changelog/1119.md b/changelog/1119.md
deleted file mode 100644
index e9b176dd..00000000
--- a/changelog/1119.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-- Fixed deprecation notice in StringEval in PHP8.4 [#1119](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1119)
diff --git a/src/Smarty.php b/src/Smarty.php
index 5fed1579..eb7dc2d9 100644
--- a/src/Smarty.php
+++ b/src/Smarty.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Smarty extends \Smarty\TemplateBase {
 	/**
 	 * smarty version
 	 */
-	const SMARTY_VERSION = '5.4.4';
+	const SMARTY_VERSION = '5.4.5';
 
 	/**
 	 * define caching modes