diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f82b81a64..e8d8c48a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,30 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.45.0](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg-v0.44.0...barretenberg-v0.45.0) (2024-07-02)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **avm:** Calldata gadget preliminaries ([#7227](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/7227)) ([79e8588](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/79e85883c90465cf2ff6e1a2d7af0e5d4d3e111c))
+* Constant Honk proof sizes ([#6954](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/6954)) ([17c8d3a](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/17c8d3a00f3a2e500d5caa1fb438504bcd357e8a))
+* Function selector opcode in AVM ([#7244](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/7244)) ([dde47e9](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/dde47e927ebe5606a272a35dd8c4f4876369b244))
+* Update rebuild script ([#7225](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/7225)) ([af59247](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/af592474c1d57c9d7886763d04afeb793f98efe3))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Benchmark prover e2e test with proving ([#7175](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/7175)) ([431c14c](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/431c14ccca8bcbdeba51061cad6f6e01f054dd86))
+* Reran pil->cpp codegen & encode_and_encrypt_event_with_randomness fix ([#7247](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/7247)) ([fa15a45](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/fa15a450408181ffc50946ee56c4ae0fd8c5a61f))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* **avm:** Remove trailing minus zero in codegen ([#7185](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/7185)) ([f3c8166](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/f3c81661688cc04b64a389d8fd72484ca8580a05))
+* Fix negative tests in AVM circuit for context input lookups ([#7261](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/7261)) ([ad2f654](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/ad2f654eb2589dff118c3e104c4f91825ee7f739))
+* Generate PIL constants from via constants gen ([#7258](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/7258)) ([244ef7e](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/244ef7e5a6871443444df88c28a1c2a7430d6db1))
+* Reduce note and nullifier constants ([#7255](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/7255)) ([4637304](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/463730458de2397d66ec90fedfeee61700c426a4))
+* Use prefix op_ for every instruction in avm_trace.hpp ([#7214](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/7214)) ([7ed7558](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/commit/7ed75586cd5deb8aff3730a80cb29c642495bbff))
+
 ## [0.44.0](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg-v0.43.0...barretenberg-v0.44.0) (2024-06-26)
 
 
diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 0cf042892..b50fe6e67 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24 FATAL_ERROR)
 project(
     Barretenberg
     DESCRIPTION "BN254 elliptic curve library, and PLONK SNARK prover"
-    VERSION 0.44.0 # x-release-please-version
+    VERSION 0.45.0 # x-release-please-version
     LANGUAGES CXX C
 )
 # Insert version into `bb` config file
diff --git a/ts/CHANGELOG.md b/ts/CHANGELOG.md
index f6c47dcb0..ad1af151b 100644
--- a/ts/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/ts/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.45.0](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg.js-v0.44.0...barretenberg.js-v0.45.0) (2024-07-02)
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* **barretenberg.js:** Synchronize aztec-packages versions
+
 ## [0.44.0](https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/compare/barretenberg.js-v0.43.0...barretenberg.js-v0.44.0) (2024-06-26)
 
 
diff --git a/ts/package.json b/ts/package.json
index b2abae237..5bec49f0d 100644
--- a/ts/package.json
+++ b/ts/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@aztec/bb.js",
-  "version": "0.44.0",
+  "version": "0.45.0",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/tree/master/barretenberg/ts",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",