diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e770eab0..2e9713b4 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('OpenRC', 'c',
-  version : '0.44',
+  version : '0.45',
   license: 'BSD-2',
   default_options : [
     'c_std=c99',