Prepare next release
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 7bd38d6..22076dd 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
# pyfakefs Release Notes
The released versions correspond to PyPi releases.
-## Version 4.4.0 (as yet unreleased)
+## Version 4.5.0 (as yet unreleased)
+
+## [Version 4.4.0](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyfakefs/4.4.0) (2021-02-24)
+Adds better support for Python 3.8 / 3.9.
#### New Features
* added support for `pathlib.Path.link_to` (new in Python 3.8)
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 8ca0457..70f6443 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
project = 'pyfakefs'
copyright = '''2009 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
© Copyright 2014 Altera Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
-© Copyright 2014-2020 John McGehee'''
+© Copyright 2014-2021 John McGehee'''
author = 'John McGehee'
# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@
# built documents.
#
# The short X.Y version.
-version = '4.4'
+version = '4.5'
# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '4.4dev'
+release = '4.5.dev'
# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
# for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/pyfakefs/_version.py b/pyfakefs/_version.py
index 50256ed..7f57152 100644
--- a/pyfakefs/_version.py
+++ b/pyfakefs/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '4.4dev'
+__version__ = '4.5.dev'
