diff --git a/pydeseq2/__version__.py b/pydeseq2/__version__.py
index cd1ee63b..98a433b3 100644
--- a/pydeseq2/__version__.py
+++ b/pydeseq2/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.4.4"
+__version__ = "0.4.5"