diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d2aeadb..71d7169 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 03/01/2023
 - add support for introspect.params; see https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_oauth2/discussions/44
-- bump to 1.4.5.5rc1
+- release 1.4.5.5
 
 01/22/2023
 - hack for el7/x86 where openssl 1.0.2 and openssl 1.1.1 are installed for respectively Apache and NGINX 1.20.1
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 807896e..a711a44 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([liboauth2],[1.4.5.5rc1],[hans.zandbelt@openidc.com])
+AC_INIT([liboauth2],[1.4.5.5],[hans.zandbelt@openidc.com])
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign no-define subdir-objects])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])