diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # unreleased
 
+# v1.4.5: March 13, 2023
+* Update go version to build from 1.21.8 for carbon-relay-ng images #544
+
 # v1.4.4: July 27, 2023
 * Update go images used to build carbon-relay-ng to 1.20.5 #518
 * Various minor dependency updates
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Documentation
 * [monitoring](https://github.com/grafana/carbon-relay-ng/blob/master/docs/monitoring.md)
 * [TCP admin interface](https://github.com/grafana/carbon-relay-ng/blob/master/docs/tcp-admin-interface.md)
 * [current changelog](https://github.com/grafana/carbon-relay-ng/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) and [official releasess](https://github.com/grafana/carbon-relay-ng/releases)
+  * [release process](https://github.com/grafana/carbon-relay-ng/blob/master/docs/installation-building.md#release-process)
 * [limitations](https://github.com/grafana/carbon-relay-ng/blob/master/docs/limitations.md)
 * [installation and building](https://github.com/grafana/carbon-relay-ng/blob/master/docs/installation-building.md)
 * [Deploying on Kubernetes](https://github.com/grafana/carbon-relay-ng/blob/master/docs/deploying-on-k8s.md)