diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 925845ae4d..5ab66ce00e 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.4.1
+current_version = 4.5.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(-(?P<stage>[^.]*)\.(?P<devnum>\d+))?
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d23106d225..75b8adda5c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 setup(
     name='web3',
     # *IMPORTANT*: Don't manually change the version here. Use the 'bumpversion' utility.
-    version='4.4.1',
+    version='4.5.0',
     description="""Web3.py""",
     long_description_markdown_filename='README.md',
     author='Piper Merriam',