diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0ee0e7648a..4b285878c5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Overview of Changes
+===================
+
+* gsk: Drop the GL renderer in favor of NGL
+
+
 Overview of Changes in 4.4.0
 ============================
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a136768caf..310df265df 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gtk', 'c',
-        version: '4.4.0',
+        version: '4.5.0',
         default_options: [
           'buildtype=debugoptimized',
           'warning_level=1',