diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7fb0a98..2e7c91b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+4.5.0 (2016-06-10)
+------------------
+- Fix GTK_CHECK_VERSION for GdkSeat (bug #12633)
+- Translation updates: Catalan
+
 4.4.99 (2016-06-08)
 ------------------
 - Port to gtk+3/libxfce4ui-2/libxfce4panel-2.0
diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
index 09a46ee..69f22e7 100644
--- a/configure.ac.in
+++ b/configure.ac.in
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ dnl ***************************
 dnl *** Version information ***
 dnl ***************************
 m4_define([eyes_version_major], [4])
-m4_define([eyes_version_minor], [4])
-m4_define([eyes_version_micro], [99])
+m4_define([eyes_version_minor], [5])
+m4_define([eyes_version_micro], [0])
 m4_define([eyes_version_build], [r@REVISION@])
 m4_define([eyes_version_tag], [git])
 m4_define([eyes_version], [eyes_version_major().eyes_version_minor().eyes_version_micro()ifelse(eyes_version_tag(), [git], [eyes_version_tag()-eyes_version_build()], [eyes_version_tag()])])