diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c86e5bab4c79e3dd99857539fde275bf28afbc4c..64a98d889d3bc88a3f168c3b00c2f859c030647e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'java'
     id 'idea'
     id 'jacoco'
-    id 'org.springframework.boot' version '2.5.2'
+    id 'org.springframework.boot' version '2.5.8'
     id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.0.11.RELEASE'
     id "com.gorylenko.gradle-git-properties" version "2.2.3"
     id "org.sonarqube" version "3.0"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
 
-version = '1.4.4'
+version = '1.4.5'
 group = 'net.geant.nmaas'
 
 sourceCompatibility = 1.8
diff --git a/build_and_publish.sh b/build_and_publish.sh
index de54720eef343ba6d6c53ecd44813a122a4f0cdd..a77690c6d29d9885b5fe48e80a74765816b40163 100644
--- a/build_and_publish.sh
+++ b/build_and_publish.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-TAG=1.4.4
+TAG=1.4.5
 PACKAGE=nmaas-platform
 REPOSITORY=artifactory.geant.net/nmaas-docker-local
 sudo docker build --rm -t $REPOSITORY/$PACKAGE:$TAG -f ./Dockerfile ..
diff --git a/src/main/resources/changelog.json b/src/main/resources/changelog.json
index 992e64e844df5f5f9f7fab634fc8a81a71f0d875..257fcef955abd97e7befc5572ff130aa46938996 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/changelog.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/changelog.json
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 {"versions" : [
+  {
+    "verNo" : "1.4.5",
+    "date" : "(2022/01/03)",
+    "topic" : [
+      {
+        "title" : "Dependency upgrade",
+        "tags" : "[Enhancement]",
+        "description" : "Upgraded Spring Boot library version to mitigate Log4j related security vulnerability."
+      }
+    ]
+  },
   {
     "verNo" : "1.4.4",
     "date" : "(2021/09/27)",