diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 83c47f6aaa..e32e1c8fae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Added
+
+### Fixed
+
+### Changed
+
+### Removed
+
 ## [0.44.0] - 2022-02-15
 
 Please welcome [paul-dingemans](https://github.com/paul-dingemans) as an official maintainer of ktlint!
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
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--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION_NAME=0.44.0-SNAPSHOT
+VERSION_NAME=0.45.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 POM_DESCRIPTION=An anti-bikeshedding Kotlin linter with built-in formatter.