diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a52ae580c..196032c90 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Change Log
 <!-- usage documentation: http://expeditor-docs.es.chef.io/configuration/changelog/ -->
-<!-- latest_release 2.0.44 -->
-## [v2.0.44](https://github.com/chef/inspec/tree/v2.0.44) (2018-03-08)
+<!-- latest_release 2.0.45 -->
+## [v2.0.45](https://github.com/chef/inspec/tree/v2.0.45) (2018-03-08)
 
 #### Enhancements
-- Remove os checks from initialize [#2797](https://github.com/chef/inspec/pull/2797) ([miah](https://github.com/miah))
+- Refine deprecated methods to be consistent with supported fields in shadow file. [#2801](https://github.com/chef/inspec/pull/2801) ([miah](https://github.com/miah))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=2.0.32 -->
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 - Update name of subnet fixture, fixing 3 failing integration tests [#2765](https://github.com/chef/inspec/pull/2765) ([clintoncwolfe](https://github.com/clintoncwolfe)) <!-- 2.0.36 -->
 
 #### Enhancements
+- Refine deprecated methods to be consistent with supported fields in shadow file. [#2801](https://github.com/chef/inspec/pull/2801) ([miah](https://github.com/miah)) <!-- 2.0.45 -->
 - Remove os checks from initialize [#2797](https://github.com/chef/inspec/pull/2797) ([miah](https://github.com/miah)) <!-- 2.0.44 -->
 - Create reporter output directory if it does not exist [#2798](https://github.com/chef/inspec/pull/2798) ([jquick](https://github.com/jquick)) <!-- 2.0.43 -->
 - Update shadow resource to use FilterTable [#2642](https://github.com/chef/inspec/pull/2642) ([miah](https://github.com/miah)) <!-- 2.0.39 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 63cfbb789..ec3b3221b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.0.44
\ No newline at end of file
+2.0.45
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/inspec/version.rb b/lib/inspec/version.rb
index f4d590634..1766d1984 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/version.rb
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 # author: Christoph Hartmann
 
 module Inspec
-  VERSION = '2.0.44'
+  VERSION = '2.0.45'
 end