diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e21e4afb..0af4db5e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Powerful Python util methods and classes that simplify common apis and tasks.
 
-![Current Release](https://img.shields.io/badge/release-v1.17.44-blue)
+![Current Release](https://img.shields.io/badge/release-v1.17.45-blue)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/owasp-sbot/OSBot-Utils/graph/badge.svg?token=GNVW0COX1N)](https://codecov.io/gh/owasp-sbot/OSBot-Utils)
 
 
diff --git a/osbot_utils/version b/osbot_utils/version
index 59e547c3..91285f59 100644
--- a/osbot_utils/version
+++ b/osbot_utils/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.17.44
+v1.17.45
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e1215a46..e9e92e78 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name        = "osbot_utils"
-version     = "v1.17.44"
+version     = "v1.17.45"
 description = "OWASP Security Bot - Utils"
 authors     = ["Dinis Cruz <dinis.cruz@owasp.org>"]
 license     = "MIT"