diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ef7d8c73dc41097a437df08c60cc07a4f5a9dedf..7c4232a30e246313480f8802174bb0384429eeb5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ find_package(GaudiProject)
 #---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Declare project name and version
-gaudi_project(DaVinci v45r0
-              USE Analysis v21r0
-                  Stripping v14r3
+gaudi_project(DaVinci v45r1
+              USE Analysis v21r1
+                  Stripping v14r4
               DATA AppConfig VERSION v3r*
                    FieldMap VERSION v5r*
                    ParamFiles VERSION v8r*
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/v45r1.md b/ReleaseNotes/v45r1.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..36a9ea295bb821f8b088870d7debe19f6d98dec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReleaseNotes/v45r1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+2019-07-22 DaVinci v45r1
+========================
+
+Release for use with Run 1 or Run 2 data, prepared on the run2-patches branch.
+It is based on Gaudi v32r1, LHCb v45r1, Lbcom v23r0p1, Rec v24r1, Phys v26r1, Analysis v21r1 and Stripping v14r4,
+and uses LCG_96 with ROOT 6.18.00.
+
+Version identical to v45r0 except for a dependencies update.