From 65181f8838bcd8cebb8585c8024baba9680d77d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tanya732 <sinha.tanya26@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:47:05 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Release 4.5.0

---
 .version     |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md | 14 ++++++++++++++
 README.md    |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.version b/.version
index 64b5ae39..ae153944 100644
--- a/.version
+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.4.0
\ No newline at end of file
+4.5.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1b1e75bd..6bb634fb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## [4.5.0](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/tree/4.5.0) (2025-01-22)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/compare/4.4.0...4.5.0)
+
+**Added**
+- Fix jackson vuln [\#705](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/pull/705) ([tanya732](https://github.com/tanya732))
+- Fix typo in example code [\#682](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/pull/682) ([kasperkarlsson](https://github.com/kasperkarlsson))
+- Remove dead README links [\#676](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/pull/676) ([jimmyjames](https://github.com/jimmyjames))
+- Fix typo on a comment in JWTCreator.java [\#672](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/pull/672) ([sgc109](https://github.com/sgc109))
+- Remove CircleCI [\#670](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/pull/670) ([jimmyjames](https://github.com/jimmyjames))
+- Empty string audience claim should be deserialized as empty string [\#663](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/pull/663) ([jimmyjames](https://github.com/jimmyjames))
+
+**Fixed**
+- empty expected audience array should throw InvalidClaimException [\#679](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/pull/679) ([jimmyjames](https://github.com/jimmyjames))
+
 ## [4.4.0](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/tree/4.4.0) (2023-03-31)
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/compare/4.3.0...4.4.0)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 285f56ec..9d0ae41c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ Add the dependency via Maven:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.auth0</groupId>
   <artifactId>java-jwt</artifactId>
-  <version>4.4.0</version>
+  <version>4.5.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 or Gradle:
 
 ```gradle
-implementation 'com.auth0:java-jwt:4.4.0'
+implementation 'com.auth0:java-jwt:4.5.0'
 ```
 
 ### Create a JWT