diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 4dad898..4c85cea 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dev-checkout concern - readable here, never shipped as something to parse.
 
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-## 4.5.0-beta.5 - 2026-09-04 - dist upgrade: Stamp-Semantik nach --keep-local benannt, docs/ownership-and-templates.md auf drei Eigentumsklassen nachgezogen
+## 4.5.0 - 2026-09-04 - Beide Update-Wege in Code: upstream merge fuer Clones, dist upgrade fuer Tarball-Instanzen
 
 **Author:** Torben Nehmer
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 04eb56e..a84947d 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.5.0-beta.5
+4.5.0