diff --git a/client/ayon_core/version.py b/client/ayon_core/version.py
index 44517627b9..3ee3c976b9 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/version.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Package declaring AYON core addon version."""
-__version__ = "0.4.4"
+__version__ = "0.4.5-dev.1"
diff --git a/package.py b/package.py
index c704422aa1..26c004ae84 100644
--- a/package.py
+++ b/package.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "core"
 title = "Core"
-version = "0.4.4"
+version = "0.4.5-dev.1"
 
 client_dir = "ayon_core"