diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 98e1ba80..9901920e 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.4.4
+current_version = 0.4.5
 commit = True
 tag = False
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>[a-z0-9+]+)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ca4fb525..9fa41295 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Launch oncoanalyser:
 
 ```bash
 nextflow run nf-core/oncoanalyser \
-   -revision 0.4.4 \
+   -revision 0.4.5 \
    -profile docker \
    --mode wgts \
    --genome GRCh38_hmf \
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 5dff360c..6defe505 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ manifest {
     // NOTE(SW): staging reference data from S3 requires fixes made for the 22.10.4 release
     // NOTE(SW): bug relating to concurrently staging data fixed in 22.10.5 release
     nextflowVersion = '!>=22.10.5'
-    version         = '0.4.4'
+    version         = '0.4.5'
     doi             = ''
 }