diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a49144a2150b3f..183464bbf0d477 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,10 +2,17 @@
 
 ## [**Next release**](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/HEAD)
 
-[Full Changelog](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/compare/v1.45.5...HEAD)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/compare/v1.45.6...HEAD)
 
 **Merged pull requests:**
 
+- claiming: add proxy to cloud.conf if set [\#17828](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17828) ([ilyam8](https://github.com/ilyam8))
+- fix health alert load15 info [\#17823](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17823) ([ilyam8](https://github.com/ilyam8))
+- Regenerate integrations.js [\#17822](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17822) ([netdatabot](https://github.com/netdatabot))
+- Proper check for static\_thread being NULL [\#17821](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17821) ([stelfrag](https://github.com/stelfrag))
+- Fix coverity report [\#17820](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17820) ([thiagoftsm](https://github.com/thiagoftsm))
+- Update contexts - eBPF.plugin \(part II\) [\#17819](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17819) ([thiagoftsm](https://github.com/thiagoftsm))
+- Add alert meta info \(node index\) [\#17818](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17818) ([stelfrag](https://github.com/stelfrag))
 - remove "ignore 0 metrics" leftovers [\#17817](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17817) ([ilyam8](https://github.com/ilyam8))
 - Regenerate integrations.js [\#17815](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17815) ([netdatabot](https://github.com/netdatabot))
 - fix typo: `round tripe` → `round trip` [\#17814](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17814) ([luckman212](https://github.com/luckman212))
@@ -402,13 +409,10 @@
 - docs: update pagerduty meta [\#17264](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17264) ([ilyam8](https://github.com/ilyam8))
 - Correctly propagate errors from child scripts in kickstart.sh. [\#17263](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17263) ([Ferroin](https://github.com/Ferroin))
 - Regenerate integrations.js [\#17261](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17261) ([netdatabot](https://github.com/netdatabot))
-- Enable sentry on all Debian and Ubuntu versions. [\#17259](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17259) ([vkalintiris](https://github.com/vkalintiris))
-- include reachability alert fields [\#17258](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17258) ([juacker](https://github.com/juacker))
-- Add dbengine compression info in -W buildinfo [\#17257](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17257) ([stelfrag](https://github.com/stelfrag))
-- minor fix in monitor releases workflow [\#17256](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17256) ([tkatsoulas](https://github.com/tkatsoulas))
-- go.d: job manager: set config defaults [\#17255](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17255) ([ilyam8](https://github.com/ilyam8))
-- go.d: sd local-listeners: drop docker-proxy targets [\#17254](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17254) ([ilyam8](https://github.com/ilyam8))
-- go.d: sd local-listeners: discover /proc/net/tcp6 only apps [\#17252](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/17252) ([ilyam8](https://github.com/ilyam8))
+
+## [v1.45.6](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/v1.45.6) (2024-06-05)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/compare/v1.45.5...v1.45.6)
 
 ## [v1.45.5](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/tree/v1.45.5) (2024-05-21)
 
diff --git a/packaging/version b/packaging/version
index 3bb63313799154..6111e1dfca4f34 100644
--- a/packaging/version
+++ b/packaging/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.45.0-537-nightly
+v1.45.0-545-nightly