diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 09abc9ee39f..8fc13ab0573 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <groupId>org.soot-oss</groupId>
     <artifactId>soot</artifactId>
     <name>Soot - a J*va Optimization Framework</name>
-    <version>4.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.5.0</version>
     <description>A Java Optimization Framework</description>
     <url>https://soot-oss.github.io/soot</url>
     <organization>