diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c8b556b605..ae21a8f16a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "bpmn-visualization",
-  "version": "0.44.0",
+  "version": "0.45.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "bpmn-visualization",
-      "version": "0.44.0-post",
+      "version": "0.45.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@typed-mxgraph/typed-mxgraph": "~1.0.8",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9e74572391..97dc78d59d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bpmn-visualization",
-  "version": "0.44.0",
+  "version": "0.45.0",
   "type": "module",
   "sideEffects": false,
   "description": "A TypeScript library for visualizing process execution data on BPMN diagrams",
diff --git a/src/component/version.ts b/src/component/version.ts
index 00be7b0f77..86e263fc2a 100644
--- a/src/component/version.ts
+++ b/src/component/version.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { mxClient } from './mxgraph/initializer';
 
 // WARN: this constant is automatically updated at release time by the 'manage-version-in-files.mjs' script.
 // So, if you modify the name of this file or this constant, please update the script accordingly.
-const libraryVersion = '0.44.0';
+const libraryVersion = '0.45.0';
 
 /**
  * Returns the version of `bpmn-visualization` and the version of its dependencies.