From c03f6826ed563020177acbe53b83ea62b916ca88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tanya732 <sinha.tanya26@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 20:58:51 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Release 4.5.1

---
 .version     | 2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md | 6 ++++++
 README.md    | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.version b/.version
index ae153944..99523d47 100644
--- a/.version
+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.5.0
\ No newline at end of file
+4.5.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b97fab71..71852c3b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## [4.5.1](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/tree/4.5.1) (2026-02-10)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/compare/4.5.0...4.5.1)
+
+**Added**
+- Update jackson dependency [\#732](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/pull/732) ([tanya732](https://github.com/tanya732))
+
 ## [4.5.0](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/tree/4.5.0) (2025-01-29)
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/auth0/java-jwt/compare/4.4.0...4.5.0)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d0ae41c..564f1b6c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ Add the dependency via Maven:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.auth0</groupId>
   <artifactId>java-jwt</artifactId>
-  <version>4.5.0</version>
+  <version>4.5.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 or Gradle:
 
 ```gradle
-implementation 'com.auth0:java-jwt:4.5.0'
+implementation 'com.auth0:java-jwt:4.5.1'
 ```
 
 ### Create a JWT