diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 552bee00b..3c7ffd4e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### Release 2.4.5 (January 04, 2023)
+* [#1014](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1014) Use AFTER_SEQUENCE_NUMBER iterator type for expired iterator request
+
 ### Release 2.4.4 (December 23, 2022)
 * [#1017](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1017) Upgrade aws sdk 
   * aws-java-sdk.version from 1.12.296 -> 1.12.370
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ea2a2b0ec..160ab682f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ The recommended way to use the KCL for Java is to consume it from Maven.
 
 ## Release Notes
 
+### Release 2.4.5 (January 04, 2023)
+* [#1014](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1014) Use AFTER_SEQUENCE_NUMBER iterator type for expired iterator request
+
 ### Release 2.4.4 (December 23, 2022)
 * [#1017](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1017) Upgrade aws sdk 
   * aws-java-sdk.version from 1.12.296 -> 1.12.370
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
index f07669496..41e5e0f90 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client-pom</artifactId>
     <groupId>software.amazon.kinesis</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.4</version>
+    <version>2.4.5</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
index 474cb0339..77250400b 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>software.amazon.kinesis</groupId>
     <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.4.4</version>
+    <version>2.4.5</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
index 9c57b016b..53739e407 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class RetrievalConfig {
      */
     public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT = "amazon-kinesis-client-library-java";
 
-    public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT_VERSION = "2.4.4";
+    public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT_VERSION = "2.4.5";
 
     /**
      * Client used to make calls to Kinesis for records retrieval
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2fd52014c..59feefef2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client-pom</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Amazon Kinesis Client Library</name>
-  <version>2.4.4</version>
+  <version>2.4.5</version>
   <description>The Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Java enables Java developers to easily consume and process data
     from Amazon Kinesis.
   </description>