diff --git a/components/bower.json b/components/bower.json
index ea6ba5fb8..de0d3edf7 100644
--- a/components/bower.json
+++ b/components/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "handlebars",
-  "version": "4.4.3",
+  "version": "4.4.5",
   "main": "handlebars.js",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {}
diff --git a/components/handlebars.js.nuspec b/components/handlebars.js.nuspec
index 1c69e0abb..5c03a0795 100644
--- a/components/handlebars.js.nuspec
+++ b/components/handlebars.js.nuspec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <package>
 	<metadata>
 		<id>handlebars.js</id>
-		<version>4.4.3</version>
+		<version>4.4.5</version>
 		<authors>handlebars.js Authors</authors>
 		<licenseUrl>https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/blob/master/LICENSE</licenseUrl>
 		<projectUrl>https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/</projectUrl>
diff --git a/components/package.json b/components/package.json
index 0b116e797..db8c6a638 100644
--- a/components/package.json
+++ b/components/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "handlebars",
-  "version": "4.4.3",
+  "version": "4.4.5",
   "license": "MIT",
   "jspm": {
     "main": "handlebars",
diff --git a/lib/handlebars/base.js b/lib/handlebars/base.js
index 7d649de09..eccdb4753 100644
--- a/lib/handlebars/base.js
+++ b/lib/handlebars/base.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {registerDefaultHelpers} from './helpers';
 import {registerDefaultDecorators} from './decorators';
 import logger from './logger';
 
-export const VERSION = '4.4.3';
+export const VERSION = '4.4.5';
 export const COMPILER_REVISION = 8;
 export const LAST_COMPATIBLE_COMPILER_REVISION = 7;
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 54daa5c9a..40391a611 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "handlebars",
   "barename": "handlebars",
-  "version": "4.4.3",
+  "version": "4.4.5",
   "description": "Handlebars provides the power necessary to let you build semantic templates effectively with no frustration",
   "homepage": "http://www.handlebarsjs.com/",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/release-notes.md b/release-notes.md
index c20a86cbc..4d5bfbf68 100644
--- a/release-notes.md
+++ b/release-notes.md
@@ -2,7 +2,28 @@
 
 ## Development
 
-[Commits](https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/compare/v4.4.3...master)
+[Commits](https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/compare/v4.4.5...master)
+
+## v4.4.5 - October 20th, 2019
+Bugfixes: 
+
+- Contents of raw-blocks must be matched with non-eager regex-matching - 8d5530e, #1579
+
+
+
+[Commits](https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/compare/v4.4.4...v4.4.5)
+
+## v4.4.4 - October 20th, 2019
+Bugfixes:
+- fix: prevent zero length tokens in raw-blocks (#1577, #1578) - f1752fe
+
+Chore: 
+- chore: link to s3 bucket with https, add "npm ci" to build instructions - 0b593bf
+
+Compatibility notes:
+- no compatibility issues are expected
+
+[Commits](https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/compare/v4.4.3...v4.4.4)
 
 ## v4.4.3 - October 8th, 2019
 Bugfixes