diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3321ea0..c018b10 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nkeys"
-version = "0.4.4"
+version = "0.4.5"
 authors = ["wasmCloud Team"]
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Rust implementation of the NATS nkeys library"