From 0269501637ff1012176f78a8376e5cdb6aec2f23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eavanvalkenburg <github@vanvalkenburg.eu>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 14:18:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Python: Bump Python version to 1.45.0 for a release

---
 python/semantic_kernel/__init__.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/python/semantic_kernel/__init__.py b/python/semantic_kernel/__init__.py
index 88c7b477d189..add5f5ea81bc 100644
--- a/python/semantic_kernel/__init__.py
+++ b/python/semantic_kernel/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from semantic_kernel.kernel import Kernel
 
-__version__ = "1.44.1"
+__version__ = "1.45.0"
 
 DEFAULT_RC_VERSION = f"{__version__}-rc9"