diff --git a/lib/jekyll/scholar/version.rb b/lib/jekyll/scholar/version.rb
index e701efdc8bd056aadbf378cb3286e0fbfc691f04..d78b64756aea8ebfb79cece63c8bc2d6dda226ae 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/scholar/version.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/scholar/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Jekyll
   class Scholar
-    VERSION = '4.4.0'.freeze
+    VERSION = '4.5.0'.freeze
   end
 end