diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 537eaefc2..4ada5863d 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "gax": "4.4.1",
+  "gax": "4.5.0",
   "tools": "0.4.6"
 }
diff --git a/gax/CHANGELOG.md b/gax/CHANGELOG.md
index ef0fda41e..84c8a6647 100644
--- a/gax/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/gax/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@
 
 [1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/gax-nodejs?activeTab=versions
 
+## [4.5.0](https://github.com/googleapis/gax-nodejs/compare/google-gax-v4.4.1...google-gax-v4.5.0) (2024-10-25)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* adds unit tests for sync and async reads of a pipeline transformation  ([#1663](https://github.com/googleapis/gax-nodejs/issues/1663)) ([c7995c4](https://github.com/googleapis/gax-nodejs/commit/c7995c40cd6552daa51a94e3b740b42e1da69285))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add dependency to fix tests ([#1658](https://github.com/googleapis/gax-nodejs/issues/1658)) ([564e9e7](https://github.com/googleapis/gax-nodejs/commit/564e9e75bfa85f45cef58fd178d27474752d0c65))
+* overhaul of server streaming retries ([#1653](https://github.com/googleapis/gax-nodejs/issues/1653)) ([629f4c4](https://github.com/googleapis/gax-nodejs/commit/629f4c409d6df8130662d5d27ada7fd743a3492a))
+
 ## [4.4.1](https://github.com/googleapis/gax-nodejs/compare/google-gax-v4.4.0...google-gax-v4.4.1) (2024-09-04)
 
 
diff --git a/gax/package.json b/gax/package.json
index 234bbce85..218922852 100644
--- a/gax/package.json
+++ b/gax/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "google-gax",
-  "version": "4.4.1",
+  "version": "4.5.0",
   "description": "Google API Extensions",
   "main": "build/src/index.js",
   "types": "build/src/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/gax/samples/package.json b/gax/samples/package.json
index ed44a3f2f..a927f4354 100644
--- a/gax/samples/package.json
+++ b/gax/samples/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "*.js"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "google-gax": "^4.4.1"
+    "google-gax": "^4.5.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "c8": "^9.0.0",