diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9008c5c8..81200745 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+4.5 "" (released xx.xx.xxxx)
+
+  *
+
 4.4 "Garden State" (released 16.9.2006)
 
   * The JavaScript URL syntax check allows now digits and underscores.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 770bdbe3..7e7e53a4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+linkchecker (4.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream release.
+
+ -- Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@debian.org>  Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:08:36 +0200
+
 linkchecker (4.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release (Closes: #385956)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9a1af843..83f3ab33 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ elif win_compiling:
              ]))
 
 setup (name = "linkchecker",
-       version = "4.4",
+       version = "4.5",
        description = "check websites and HTML documents for broken links",
        keywords = "link,url,checking,verification",
        author = myname,