diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aa5f24724..7c1d1d1ac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,21 +2,20 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 0.9.45 - 2023-10-12
+### Changed
+- Use Qhull as an external dependecy instead of installing it ourselves to avoid conflicts.
+
 ## 0.9.43 - 2023-10-08
 ### Added
 - `Library.remap` and `Cell.remap` to remap layer and data/text types
-- enable tbump [#206](https://github.com/$OWNER/$REPOSITORY/pull/#206)
-- add release drafter [#202](https://github.com/$OWNER/$REPOSITORY/pull/#202)
-- pin version to python>=3.8 [#205](https://github.com/$OWNER/$REPOSITORY/pull/#205)
-- Add typing stub [#185](https://github.com/$OWNER/$REPOSITORY/pull/#185)
-- Add deepcopy support [#183](https://github.com/$OWNER/$REPOSITORY/pull/#183)
+- Add typing stub
+- Add deepcopy support
 ### Changed
 - Raise an error if not both layer and datatype are specified in `Cell.get_polygons` and `Reference.get_polygons`.
-- Correct ordering of path ends in `Library::read_oas()` [#196](https://github.com/$OWNER/$REPOSITORY/pull/#196)
+- Correct ordering of path ends in `Library::read_oas()`
 ### Fixed
-- Sort `slice` positions when converting from python because the internal implementation expects the coordinates to be sorted.
-- Fix outdated pip in CI [#193](https://github.com/$OWNER/$REPOSITORY/pull/#193)
-- Fix missing version [#192](https://github.com/$OWNER/$REPOSITORY/pull/#192)
+- Sort `slice` positions when converting from python because the internal implementation expects the coordinates to be sorted
 
 ## 0.9.42 - 2023-06-14
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/include/gdstk/gdstk.hpp b/include/gdstk/gdstk.hpp
index c02b184a6..9f24cfeb3 100644
--- a/include/gdstk/gdstk.hpp
+++ b/include/gdstk/gdstk.hpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LICENSE file or <http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt>
 #define __STDC_FORMAT_MACROS 1
 #define _USE_MATH_DEFINES
 
-#define GDSTK_VERSION "0.9.44"
+#define GDSTK_VERSION "0.9.45"
 
 // If GDSTK_CUSTOM_ALLOCATOR is defined, the user must supply implementations
 // for the following dynamic memory management functions:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6bcd203c3..77634ab8a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "gdstk"
-version = "0.9.44"
+version = "0.9.45"
 authors = [{name = "Lucas H. Gabrielli", email = "heitzmann@gmail.com"}]
 description = "Python module for creation and manipulation of GDSII files."
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ message_template = "Bump to {new_version}"
 tag_template = "v{new_version}"
 
 [tool.tbump.version]
-current = "0.9.44"
+current = "0.9.45"
 regex = '''
   (?P<major>\d+)
   \.