diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b7a0c28b..4194d579 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Deps.clj (using in `clojure` invocations):
 
 - Fix JVM option parsing [#46](https://github.com/borkdude/deps.clj/issues/46)
 
+Sci: various minor performance improvements.
+
 ## 0.4.4
 
 Babashka proper:
diff --git a/resources/BABASHKA_RELEASED_VERSION b/resources/BABASHKA_RELEASED_VERSION
index b300caa3..c8a5397f 100644
--- a/resources/BABASHKA_RELEASED_VERSION
+++ b/resources/BABASHKA_RELEASED_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.4.4
\ No newline at end of file
+0.4.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/resources/BABASHKA_VERSION b/resources/BABASHKA_VERSION
index c8a5397f..daf22b08 100644
--- a/resources/BABASHKA_VERSION
+++ b/resources/BABASHKA_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.4.5
\ No newline at end of file
+0.4.6-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file