diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 2fa96036424..373585b81ab 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-Release 4.5.0 (in development)
-==============================
-
-Dependencies
-------------
+Release 4.5.0 (released Mar 28, 2022)
+=====================================
 
 Incompatible changes
 --------------------
@@ -62,9 +59,6 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #10122: sphinx-build: make.bat does not check the installation of sphinx-build
   command before showing help
 
-Testing
---------
-
 Release 4.4.0 (released Jan 17, 2022)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index 6a2bcb25b07..218f8fe3028 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', "'U' mode is deprecated",
                         DeprecationWarning, module='docutils.io')
 
-__version__ = '4.5.0+'
+__version__ = '4.5.0'
 __released__ = '4.5.0'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 
 #: Version info for better programmatic use.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #:
 #: .. versionadded:: 1.2
 #:    Before version 1.2, check the string ``sphinx.__version__``.
-version_info = (4, 5, 0, 'beta', 0)
+version_info = (4, 5, 0, 'final', 0)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))