diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d5de9bd..bd62ad7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "linkding"
-version = "1.44.2"
+version = "1.45.0"
 description = "Self-hosted bookmark manager that is designed be to be minimal, fast, and easy to set up using Docker."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 00aecdb..50aceaa 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.44.2
+1.45.0