diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index f552ff8e..8134bbe9 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Release notes
 This file describes changes in recent versions of Modules. It primarily
 documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
 
-Next release (2020-XX-XX)
+Modules 4.5.0 (2020-04-07)
 --------------------------
 
 * Doc: fix typos and grammar mistakes on :ref:`module(1)`,
diff --git a/contrib/rpm/environment-modules.spec.in b/contrib/rpm/environment-modules.spec.in
index 436b6e98..51e40461 100644
--- a/contrib/rpm/environment-modules.spec.in
+++ b/contrib/rpm/environment-modules.spec.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 %global vimdatadir %{_datadir}/vim/vimfiles
 
 Name:           environment-modules
-Version:        4.4.1
+Version:        4.5.0
 Release:        @MODULES_RPM_RELEASE@%{?dist}
 Summary:        Provides dynamic modification of a user's environment
 
@@ -241,6 +241,15 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Apr 07 2020 Xavier Delaruelle <xavier.delaruelle@cea.fr> - 4.5.0-1
+- Update to 4.5.0
+- Add ml(1) man page
+- Append LD_PRELOAD environment variable to the quarantine environment
+  variable list
+- createmodule.py tool is now automatically installed during Modules
+  installation process and its Python shebang is set by the configure option
+  --with-python
+
 * Fri Jan 03 2020 Xavier Delaruelle <xavier.delaruelle@cea.fr> - 4.4.1-1
 - Update to 4.4.1
 - Fix spec file for el8 build
diff --git a/version.inc.in b/version.inc.in
index 78ecc509..5ee07430 100644
--- a/version.inc.in
+++ b/version.inc.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Release definitions shared across the Makefiles of this project
 # run make to generate version.inc
 
-MODULES_RELEASE := 4.4.1
+MODULES_RELEASE := 4.5.0
 MODULES_BUILD_HASH := $Format:%h$
 MODULES_BUILD_REFS := $Format:%D$
 MODULES_BUILD_FDATE := $Format:%ci$