diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 7d4498b1..e771ca70 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ DATA = \
   repmgr--4.2--4.3.sql \
   repmgr--4.3.sql \
   repmgr--4.3--4.4.sql \
-  repmgr--4.4.sql
+  repmgr--4.4.sql \
+  repmgr--4.4--4.5.sql
 
 REGRESS = repmgr_extension
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b67639cb..760ceb6a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for repmgr 4.4.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for repmgr 4.5.
 #
 # Report bugs to <repmgr@googlegroups.com>.
 #
@@ -582,8 +582,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='repmgr'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='repmgr'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='4.4'
-PACKAGE_STRING='repmgr 4.4'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='4.5'
+PACKAGE_STRING='repmgr 4.5'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='repmgr@googlegroups.com'
 PACKAGE_URL='https://repmgr.org/'
 
@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures repmgr 4.4 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures repmgr 4.5 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of repmgr 4.4:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of repmgr 4.5:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-repmgr configure 4.4
+repmgr configure 4.5
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by repmgr $as_me 4.4, which was
+It was created by repmgr $as_me 4.5, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2357,7 +2357,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by repmgr $as_me 4.4, which was
+This file was extended by repmgr $as_me 4.5, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -2420,7 +2420,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-repmgr config.status 4.4
+repmgr config.status 4.5
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a06368ac..330bf0b3 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([repmgr], [4.4], [repmgr@googlegroups.com], [repmgr], [https://repmgr.org/])
+AC_INIT([repmgr], [4.5], [repmgr@googlegroups.com], [repmgr], [https://repmgr.org/])
 
 AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright (c) 2010-2019, 2ndQuadrant Ltd.])
 
diff --git a/repmgr.control b/repmgr.control
index fe7e7287..877a4fbd 100644
--- a/repmgr.control
+++ b/repmgr.control
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # repmgr extension
 comment = 'Replication manager for PostgreSQL'
-default_version = '4.4'
+default_version = '4.5'
 module_pathname = '$libdir/repmgr'
 relocatable = false
 schema = repmgr
diff --git a/repmgr_version.h.in b/repmgr_version.h.in
index 6be805f2..0c0d9193 100644
--- a/repmgr_version.h.in
+++ b/repmgr_version.h.in
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #define REPMGR_VERSION_DATE ""
-#define REPMGR_VERSION "4.4dev"
-#define REPMGR_VERSION_NUM 40400
+#define REPMGR_VERSION "4.5dev"
+#define REPMGR_VERSION_NUM 40500