From 66bd173c8642c1320e3bcf931e6703fa8caa9b23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wilson Snyder <wsnyder@wsnyder.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2026 07:35:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] devel release

---
 CMakeLists.txt | 4 ++--
 Changes        | 7 ++++++-
 configure.ac   | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3cf9b4b91..42ae81505 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #*****************************************************************************
 #
-# Copyright 2003-2026 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you
+# Copyright 2003-2025 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you
 # can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
 # Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
 # Version 2.0.
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0091 NEW) # Use MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY to select the runtime
 project(
     Verilator
-    VERSION 5.044
+    VERSION 5.045
     HOMEPAGE_URL https://verilator.org
     LANGUAGES CXX
 )
diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 95e6062c2..2c3bca506 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ The changes in each Verilator version are described below.  The
 contributors that suggested or implemented a given issue are shown in []. Thanks!
 
 
+Verilator 5.045 devel
+==========================
+
+
+
 Verilator 5.044 2026-01-01
 ==========================
 
@@ -5520,7 +5525,7 @@ Verilator 0.0 1994-07-08
 Copyright
 =========
 
-Copyright 2001-2026 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you
+Copyright 2001-2025 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you
 can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
 Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
 Version 2.0.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 96e60accd..ee312fa3f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # DESCRIPTION: Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 #
-# Copyright 2003-2026 by Wilson Snyder. Verilator is free software; you
+# Copyright 2003-2025 by Wilson Snyder. Verilator is free software; you
 # can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU Lesser
 # General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License Version 2.0.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only OR Artistic-2.0
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # Then 'make maintainer-dist'
 #AC_INIT([Verilator],[#.### YYYY-MM-DD])
 #AC_INIT([Verilator],[#.### devel])
-AC_INIT([Verilator],[5.044 2026-01-01],
+AC_INIT([Verilator],[5.045 devel],
         [https://verilator.org],
         [verilator],[https://verilator.org])