diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8ac73454742458ff11c53e182267b6144ed8747f..dadf694fcb562a39681c554ca33405730b57061d 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 dnl along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.62])
-AC_INIT([dynare], [4.5-unstable])
+AC_INIT([dynare], [4.5.0])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([preprocessor/DynareMain.cc])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 -Wall -Wno-portability foreign no-dist-gzip dist-xz tar-pax])
 
diff --git a/mex/build/matlab/configure.ac b/mex/build/matlab/configure.ac
index 50aa14199c80bcc542d294402f9927f677a48f19..64b81de67b938c0053ff80d881b57bb5886acb32 100644
--- a/mex/build/matlab/configure.ac
+++ b/mex/build/matlab/configure.ac
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 dnl along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.62])
-AC_INIT([dynare], [4.5-unstable])
+AC_INIT([dynare], [4.5.0])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([configure.ac])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Wno-portability foreign])
 
diff --git a/mex/build/octave/configure.ac b/mex/build/octave/configure.ac
index becf0992e91c861bd12256b992df1399d8d6bc88..f6fc647052f9c7be97498b70e4a3a7399c0bdd9d 100755
--- a/mex/build/octave/configure.ac
+++ b/mex/build/octave/configure.ac
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 dnl along with Dynare.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.62])
-AC_INIT([dynare], [4.5-unstable])
+AC_INIT([dynare], [4.5.0])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([configure.ac])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Wno-portability foreign])