diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index fc0d7ff8b..d7b1288aa 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.45.0"
+  ".": "0.45.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c0642bd7d..d6018156d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.45.1](https://github.com/sentdm/sent-dm-python/compare/v0.45.0...v0.45.1) (2026-10-20)
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* **ci:** merge the seal-back PR directly when auto-merge is refused ([bd1c408](https://github.com/sentdm/sent-dm-python/commit/bd1c40828ffbb0abdc0f8c69f56c793f196eae15))
+
 ## [0.45.0](https://github.com/sentdm/sent-dm-python/compare/v0.44.0...v0.45.0) (2026-10-20)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6bdbd4d86..149ab1bbf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "sentdm"
-version = "0.45.0"
+version = "0.45.1"
 description = "The official Python library for the Sent API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/sent_dm/_version.py b/src/sent_dm/_version.py
index 7902060c0..de546ed41 100644
--- a/src/sent_dm/_version.py
+++ b/src/sent_dm/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "sent_dm"
-__version__ = "0.45.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.45.1"  # x-release-please-version