diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
index b234e86c5e..4653a7223e 100644
--- a/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
-        <version>4.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.5.1</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/i18n/pom.xml b/i18n/pom.xml
index eb0504ba3e..6339fd81b7 100644
--- a/i18n/pom.xml
+++ b/i18n/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
-        <version>4.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.5.1</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>i18n</artifactId>
     <name>Internationalization files for Openfire</name>
diff --git a/plugins/openfire-plugin-assembly-descriptor/pom.xml b/plugins/openfire-plugin-assembly-descriptor/pom.xml
index a5c0f2fa13..580629346f 100644
--- a/plugins/openfire-plugin-assembly-descriptor/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/openfire-plugin-assembly-descriptor/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>plugins</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
-        <version>4.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.5.1</version>
     </parent>
     <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>openfire-plugin-assembly-descriptor</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugins/pom.xml b/plugins/pom.xml
index 7981193f91..3f0120f74e 100644
--- a/plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
-    <version>4.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.5.1</version>
     <artifactId>plugins</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Openfire Plugins</name>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
         <plugin.name>${project.artifactId}</plugin.name>
 
         <!-- Versions -->
-        <openfire.version>4.5.1-SNAPSHOT</openfire.version>
+        <openfire.version>4.5.1</openfire.version>
         <!-- Note; the following jetty.version should be identical to the jetty.version in xmppserver/pom.xml -->
         <jetty.version>9.4.18.v20190429</jetty.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index abe6cf6f54..f4216e18ca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-    <version>4.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.5.1</version>
     <name>Parent</name>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
diff --git a/starter/pom.xml b/starter/pom.xml
index 125f5d2a89..fefea5c401 100644
--- a/starter/pom.xml
+++ b/starter/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
-        <version>4.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.5.1</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>starter</artifactId>
     <name>Starter for Openfire</name>
diff --git a/xmppserver/changelog.html b/xmppserver/changelog.html
index 37fb23be41..a553416e14 100644
--- a/xmppserver/changelog.html
+++ b/xmppserver/changelog.html
@@ -163,6 +163,21 @@ <h1>Openfire Changelog</h1>
     <div id="pageBody">
 
 
+<h2>4.5.1 -- <span style="font-weight: normal;">January 31, 2020</span></h2>
+<h2>        Bug
+</h2>
+<ul>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.igniterealtime.org/browse/OF-1946'>OF-1946</a>] -         Cache &quot;Percent Used&quot; values are incorrect
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.igniterealtime.org/browse/OF-1959'>OF-1959</a>] -         Can not connect to LDAP/AD on new installations
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.igniterealtime.org/browse/OF-1961'>OF-1961</a>] -         Potential ClassCastException with LDAP setup
+</li>
+<li>[<a href='https://issues.igniterealtime.org/browse/OF-1962'>OF-1962</a>] -         MySQL serverTimezone not set
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+
 <h2>4.5.0 -- <span style="font-weight: normal;">January 10, 2020</span></h2>
 <h2>        Bug
 </h2>
diff --git a/xmppserver/pom.xml b/xmppserver/pom.xml
index 8080eae767..fe5361f374 100644
--- a/xmppserver/pom.xml
+++ b/xmppserver/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.igniterealtime.openfire</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-        <version>4.5.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>4.5.1</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>xmppserver</artifactId>
     <name>Core XMPP Server</name>
diff --git a/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/spi/XMPPServerInfoImpl.java b/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/spi/XMPPServerInfoImpl.java
index 6cf30d0dd6..62fab6eefd 100644
--- a/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/spi/XMPPServerInfoImpl.java
+++ b/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/spi/XMPPServerInfoImpl.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class XMPPServerInfoImpl implements XMPPServerInfo {
 
     private final Date startDate;
 
-    public static final Version VERSION = new Version(4, 5, 1, Version.ReleaseStatus.Alpha, -1 );
+    public static final Version VERSION = new Version(4, 5, 1, Version.ReleaseStatus.Release, -1 );
 
     /**
      * Simple constructor