diff --git a/actix-test/Cargo.toml b/actix-test/Cargo.toml
index c24e1363d..4e6ea0869 100644
--- a/actix-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ actix-http-test = "3"
 actix-rt = "2.1"
 actix-service = "2"
 actix-utils = "3"
-actix-web = { version = "4", default-features = false, features = ["cookies"] }
+actix-web = { version = "4.5", default-features = false, features = ["cookies"] }
 awc = { version = "3", default-features = false, features = ["cookies"] }
 
 futures-core = { version = "0.3.17", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
diff --git a/actix-web/CHANGES.md b/actix-web/CHANGES.md
index 072cdc012..174a70e6f 100644
--- a/actix-web/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-web/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 4.5.0
+
 - Add `rustls-0_22` crate feature.
 - Add `HttpServer::{bind_rustls_0_22, listen_rustls_0_22}()` builder methods.
 
diff --git a/actix-web/Cargo.toml b/actix-web/Cargo.toml
index 167927263..985a103f2 100644
--- a/actix-web/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-web/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "actix-web"
-version = "4.4.1"
+version = "4.5.0"
 description = "Actix Web is a powerful, pragmatic, and extremely fast web framework for Rust"
 authors = [
     "Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>",
diff --git a/actix-web/README.md b/actix-web/README.md
index 80ae21238..492f06fa3 100644
--- a/actix-web/README.md
+++ b/actix-web/README.md
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 <!-- prettier-ignore-start -->
 
 [![crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/actix-web?label=latest)](https://crates.io/crates/actix-web)
-[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/actix-web/badge.svg?version=4.4.1)](https://docs.rs/actix-web/4.4.1)
+[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/actix-web/badge.svg?version=4.5.0)](https://docs.rs/actix-web/4.5.0)
 ![MSRV](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.68+-ab6000.svg)
 ![MIT or Apache 2.0 licensed](https://img.shields.io/crates/l/actix-web.svg)
-[![Dependency Status](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web/4.4.1/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web/4.4.1)
+[![Dependency Status](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web/4.5.0/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web/4.5.0)
 <br />
 [![CI](https://github.com/actix/actix-web/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/actix/actix-web/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/actix/actix-web/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/actix/actix-web)