diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a2986f7..34a5bdb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 endif()
 
 set(POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION "0")
-set(POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION "44")
+set(POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION "45")
 set(POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION "0")
 set(POPPLER_VERSION "${POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION}")
 
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@
 else(MSVC)
 add_library(poppler SHARED ${poppler_SRCS})
 endif(MSVC)
-set_target_properties(poppler PROPERTIES VERSION 61.0.0 SOVERSION 61)
+set_target_properties(poppler PROPERTIES VERSION 62.0.0 SOVERSION 62)
 target_link_libraries(poppler LINK_PRIVATE ${poppler_LIBS})
 install(TARGETS poppler RUNTIME DESTINATION bin LIBRARY DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX} ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX})
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 558efd8..d5762ab 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+Release 0.45.0
+        core:
+         * SplashOutputDev: Fix iccTransform + splashModeXBGR8
+         * Fix memory leaks
+         * Fix crash in broken files. Bug #95567. Bug #96027
+         * Emulate some non portable glibc functions when not available
+
+        utils:
+         * pdftohtml: Fix crash in broken files. Bug #95563
+         * pdfinfo: convert dates to local time zone
+         * pdfinfo: add -isodates for printing dates in ISO-8601 format
+         * pdfinfo: Fix memory leaks
+
+        glib:
+         * return date in UTC instead of local time. Bug #94173
+
+        cpp:
+         * switched from detail::convert_date() to core's dateStringToTime()
+
 Release 0.44.0
         core:
          * Fix Compile in 32bit linux. Bug #95492
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e9b0687..7a1455d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 m4_define([poppler_version_major],[0])
-m4_define([poppler_version_minor],[44])
+m4_define([poppler_version_minor],[45])
 m4_define([poppler_version_micro],[0])
 m4_define([poppler_version],[poppler_version_major.poppler_version_minor.poppler_version_micro])
 
diff --git a/cpp/Doxyfile b/cpp/Doxyfile
index 8c65d6c..9a061d0 100644
--- a/cpp/Doxyfile
+++ b/cpp/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.44.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.45.0
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.
diff --git a/poppler/Makefile.am b/poppler/Makefile.am
index 3eef543..3d32e79 100644
--- a/poppler/Makefile.am
+++ b/poppler/Makefile.am
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
 	$(win32_libs)
 
 libpoppler_la_LDFLAGS =				\
-	-version-info 61:0:0			\
+	-version-info 62:0:0			\
 	@create_shared_lib@			\
 	@auto_import_flags@
 
diff --git a/qt4/src/Doxyfile b/qt4/src/Doxyfile
index ffbaec3..f0aaee2 100644
--- a/qt4/src/Doxyfile
+++ b/qt4/src/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.44.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.45.0
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.
diff --git a/qt5/src/Doxyfile b/qt5/src/Doxyfile
index 82d412c..2c1aedd 100644
--- a/qt5/src/Doxyfile
+++ b/qt5/src/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.44.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.45.0
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.