diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 9fe5a4532..ffd65cae7 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "flagd": "0.4.4",
-  "kube-flagd-proxy": "0.1.1",
-  "core": "0.4.4"
+  "flagd": "0.4.5",
+  "kube-flagd-proxy": "0.1.2",
+  "core": "0.4.5"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.md b/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 23c152684..dff195459 100644
--- a/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.4.5](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/compare/core/v0.4.4...core/v0.4.5) (2023-03-20)
+
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** update kubernetes packages to v0.26.3 ([#533](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/issues/533)) ([6ddd5b2](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/commit/6ddd5b29806f3101cf122bfc4196ba7d0ef4c025))
+* **deps:** update module github.com/open-feature/open-feature-operator to v0.2.31 ([#527](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/issues/527)) ([7928130](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/commit/7928130b10906b10f4501630f16a71bdd8e4e365))
+* **deps:** update module google.golang.org/protobuf to v1.29.1 [security] ([#504](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/issues/504)) ([59db0bb](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/commit/59db0bba43a9c002378fdced2fcf4729d619e28b))
+* **deps:** update module google.golang.org/protobuf to v1.30.0 ([#499](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/issues/499)) ([f650338](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/commit/f650338e01e721a9d24e2ed6f6fe585dbb6beb42))
+
+
+### ✨ New Features
+
+* grpc connection options to flagd configuration options ([#532](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/issues/532)) ([aa74951](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/commit/aa74951f43b662ff2df53e68d347fc10e6d23bb8))
+* Introduce flagd kube proxy ([#495](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/issues/495)) ([440864c](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/commit/440864ce87174618321c9d5146221490d8f07b24))
+
 ## [0.4.4](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/compare/core-v0.4.3...core/v0.4.4) (2023-03-10)
 
 
diff --git a/flagd/CHANGELOG.md b/flagd/CHANGELOG.md
index fb88fb9dc..73e1af874 100644
--- a/flagd/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/flagd/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.4.5](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/compare/flagd/v0.4.4...flagd/v0.4.5) (2023-03-20)
+
+
+### 📚 Documentation
+
+* improve markdown quality ([#498](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/issues/498)) ([c77fa37](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/commit/c77fa37979899f95ba51f69eeee21d96b6ab239c))
+
+
+### ✨ New Features
+
+* grpc connection options to flagd configuration options ([#532](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/issues/532)) ([aa74951](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/commit/aa74951f43b662ff2df53e68d347fc10e6d23bb8))
+* Introduce flagd kube proxy ([#495](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/issues/495)) ([440864c](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/commit/440864ce87174618321c9d5146221490d8f07b24))
+
 ## [0.4.4](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/compare/flagd-v0.4.3...flagd/v0.4.4) (2023-03-10)
 
 
diff --git a/flagd/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/flagd/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index a3fa21055..c8b716564 100644
--- a/flagd/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/flagd/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: flagd
 base: core20
-version: "v0.4.4" # x-release-please-version
+version: "v0.4.5" # x-release-please-version
 summary: A feature flag daemon with a Unix philosophy
 description: |
   Flagd is a simple command line tool for fetching and evaluating feature flags for services. It is designed to conform with the OpenFeature specification. 
diff --git a/kube-flagd-proxy/CHANGELOG.md b/kube-flagd-proxy/CHANGELOG.md
index ea876a325..c678e2975 100644
--- a/kube-flagd-proxy/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/kube-flagd-proxy/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.1.2](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/compare/kube-flagd-proxy/v0.1.1...kube-flagd-proxy/v0.1.2) (2023-03-20)
+
+
+### ✨ New Features
+
+* Introduce flagd kube proxy ([#495](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/issues/495)) ([440864c](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/commit/440864ce87174618321c9d5146221490d8f07b24))
+
 ## [0.1.1](https://github.com/open-feature/flagd/compare/kube-flagd-proxy-v0.1.0...kube-flagd-proxy/v0.1.1) (2023-03-10)