diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c78230b9..d564f17a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+## Nerves 0.4.5
+* Bug Fixes
+  * catch exits from mix release.clean when calling mix firmware
+
 ## Nerves 0.4.4
 * Bug Fixes
   * return an `{:error, message}` response from the http provider when a resource is not found
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 8551d283..f1486cc2 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ defmodule Nerves.Mixfile do
      name: "Nerves",
      source_url: "https://github.com/nerves-project/nerves",
      homepage_url: "http://nerves-project.org/",
-     version: "0.4.4",
+     version: "0.4.5",
      elixir: "~> 1.2.4 or ~> 1.3.2 or ~> 1.4",
      elixirc_paths: elixirc_paths(Mix.env),
      deps: deps(),