diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index da5c53c663..8302cb4b7b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 This contains only the most important and/or user-facing changes; for a full changelog, see the commit history.
 
+## [1.2.45](https://github.com/ably/ably-js/tree/1.2.45) (2023-09-25)
+
+- remove `AblyProvider` options prop [\#1446](https://github.com/ably/ably-js/pull/1446)
+- fix: throw descriptive error when callbacks used with react [\#1450](https://github.com/ably/ably-js/pull/1450)
+
 ## [1.2.44](https://github.com/ably/ably-js/tree/1.2.44) (2023-09-04)
 
 - Add new experimental react hooks and context provider [\#1433](https://github.com/ably/ably-js/pull/1433)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2e36e0a00e..2509cfef1d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ably",
-  "version": "1.2.44",
+  "version": "1.2.45",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ably",
-      "version": "1.2.44",
+      "version": "1.2.45",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@ably/msgpack-js": "^0.4.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bd9860a4cc..89738a8a46 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ably",
   "description": "Realtime client library for Ably, the realtime messaging service",
-  "version": "1.2.44",
+  "version": "1.2.45",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/ably/ably-js/issues",
diff --git a/src/platform/react-hooks/src/AblyProvider.tsx b/src/platform/react-hooks/src/AblyProvider.tsx
index 6382c8060e..b6995c5f0e 100644
--- a/src/platform/react-hooks/src/AblyProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/platform/react-hooks/src/AblyProvider.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import * as Ably from 'ably';
 import { Types } from '../../../../ably.js';
 import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
 
-const version = '1.2.44';
+const version = '1.2.45';
 
 const canUseSymbol = typeof Symbol === 'function' && typeof Symbol.for === 'function';