From 512e72c059e2209c1e68747e6cae7f446a23b5d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cosimo Lupo <clupo@google.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 13:53:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Release 4.45.0

---
 Lib/fontTools/__init__.py | 2 +-
 NEWS.rst                  | 3 +++
 setup.cfg                 | 2 +-
 setup.py                  | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index feaa3c7f8..90b2c2ece 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ from fontTools.misc.loggingTools import configLogger
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-version = __version__ = "4.44.4.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "4.45.0"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 27ddd8b7c..51ddae0cc 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.45.0 (released 2023-11-20)
+----------------------------
+
 - [varLib.interpolator] Vastly improved algorithms. Also available now is ``--pdf``
   and ``--html`` options to generate a PDF or HTML report of the interpolation issues.
   The PDF/HTML report showcases the problematic masters, the interpolated broken
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 91637ba3f..e683f576b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.44.4.dev0
+current_version = 4.45.0
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 19724cc58..1e755db25 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ if ext_modules:
 
 setup_params = dict(
     name="fonttools",
-    version="4.44.4.dev0",
+    version="4.45.0",
     description="Tools to manipulate font files",
     author="Just van Rossum",
     author_email="just@letterror.com",