diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c1f8c10d6..21b252b52 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 # Change Log
 <!-- usage documentation: http://expeditor-docs.es.chef.io/configuration/changelog/ -->
-<!-- latest_release 4.45.0 -->
-## [v4.45.0](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.45.0) (2021-09-13)
+<!-- latest_release 4.46.0 -->
+## [v4.46.0](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.46.0) (2021-09-13)
 
-#### Merged Pull Requests
-- Add support for Oracle Configuration Resources (Oracle Db Conf &amp; Oracle Listener Conf) [#5573](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5573) ([Nik08](https://github.com/Nik08))
+#### New Features
+- adds chrony_conf InSpec resource [#5589](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5589) ([collinmcneese](https://github.com/collinmcneese))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=4.41.20 -->
 ### Changes since 4.41.20 release
 
 #### New Features
+- adds chrony_conf InSpec resource [#5589](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5589) ([collinmcneese](https://github.com/collinmcneese)) <!-- 4.46.0 -->
 - Add ibmdb2_conf and ibmdb2_session resource [#5614](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5614) ([Vasu1105](https://github.com/Vasu1105)) <!-- 4.44.0 -->
 - Add support for Sybase databases [#5561](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5561) ([clintoncwolfe](https://github.com/clintoncwolfe)) <!-- 4.43.0 -->
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 901e96e75..785854ec7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.45.0
\ No newline at end of file
+4.46.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
index 21c217db3..07e8bb3ef 100644
--- a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
+++ b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file managed by automation - do not edit manually
 module InspecBin
   INSPECBIN_ROOT = File.expand_path("..", __dir__)
-  VERSION = "4.45.0".freeze
+  VERSION = "4.46.0".freeze
 end
diff --git a/lib/inspec/version.rb b/lib/inspec/version.rb
index 1b84eeafa..231d9a1e3 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Inspec
-  VERSION = "4.45.0".freeze
+  VERSION = "4.46.0".freeze
 end