diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index faf0dcbb0e..ff3ff28f6b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.44.0
+3.45.0
diff --git a/autoconf/tea/configure.ac b/autoconf/tea/configure.ac
index e34bda9f2e..4df57344be 100644
--- a/autoconf/tea/configure.ac
+++ b/autoconf/tea/configure.ac
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dnl	to configure the system for the local environment.
 # so that we create the export library with the dll.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-AC_INIT([sqlite],[3.44.0])
+AC_INIT([sqlite],[3.45.0])
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Call TEA_INIT as the first TEA_ macro to set up initial vars.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7b31f6f7e8..6a47c4dcc8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for sqlite 3.44.0.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for sqlite 3.45.0.
 #
 #
 # Copyright (C) 1992-1996, 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -726,8 +726,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='sqlite'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='sqlite'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='3.44.0'
-PACKAGE_STRING='sqlite 3.44.0'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='3.45.0'
+PACKAGE_STRING='sqlite 3.45.0'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures sqlite 3.44.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures sqlite 3.45.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1537,7 +1537,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of sqlite 3.44.0:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of sqlite 3.45.0:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-sqlite configure 3.44.0
+sqlite configure 3.45.0
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -2087,7 +2087,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by sqlite $as_me 3.44.0, which was
+It was created by sqlite $as_me 3.45.0, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -12481,7 +12481,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by sqlite $as_me 3.44.0, which was
+This file was extended by sqlite $as_me 3.45.0, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -12547,7 +12547,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-sqlite config.status 3.44.0
+sqlite config.status 3.45.0
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 837d2fb015..54f985fd70 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 # you don't need (for example BLT) by erasing or commenting out
 # the corresponding code.
 #
-AC_INIT([sqlite],[m4_esyscmd(cat VERSION | tr -d '\n')])
+AC_INIT([sqlite],m4_esyscmd(cat VERSION | tr -d '\n'))
 
 dnl Make sure the local VERSION file matches this configure script
 sqlite_version_sanity_check=`cat $srcdir/VERSION | tr -d '\n'`
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index a19fbf6d2d..030821495e 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Mark\sa\sbranch\smade\salways-true\sby\sthe\spenultimate\scheck-in\swith\sALWAYS().
-D 2023-11-02T22:39:11.206
+C Update\sthe\sversion\snumber\sto\s3.45.0\sto\sbegin\sthe\snext\sdevelopment\scycle.
+D 2023-11-03T10:15:16.434
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 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F LICENSE.md df5091916dbb40e6e9686186587125e1b2ff51f022cc334e886c19a0e9982724
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ F Makefile.in 8b59912fc1538f96a08555605c5886cdcc733696ae7f22e374b2a4752196ca20
 F Makefile.linux-gcc f3842a0b1efbfbb74ac0ef60e56b301836d05b4d867d014f714fa750048f1ab6
 F Makefile.msc f0cf219350d9af4fba411b4f6306dce2adc897484e8f446de1fb4f40de674d00
 F README.md 963d30019abf0cc06b263cd2824bce022893f3f93a531758f6f04ff2194a16a8
-F VERSION 4c09b629c03b8ae32317cb336a32f3aa3252841d6dcd51184cecc4278d08f21e
+F VERSION 73573d4545343f001bf5dc5461173a7c78c203dd046cabcf99153878cf25d3a6
 F aclocal.m4 a5c22d164aff7ed549d53a90fa56d56955281f50
 F art/sqlite370.eps aa97a671332b432a54e1d74ff5e8775be34200c2
 F art/sqlite370.ico af56c1d00fee7cd4753e8631ed60703ed0fc6e90
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ F autoconf/configure.ac ec7fa914c5e74ff212fe879f9bb6918e1234497e05facfb641f30c4d
 F autoconf/tea/Makefile.in 106a96f2f745d41a0f6193f1de98d7355830b65d45032c18cd7c90295ec24196
 F autoconf/tea/README 3e9a3c060f29a44344ab50aec506f4db903fb873
 F autoconf/tea/aclocal.m4 52c47aac44ce0ddb1f918b6993e8beb8eee88f43
-F autoconf/tea/configure.ac 1ee185f2f8c2e9bed69d0113222724202f962d04eafd57197e65c662d2d9b180
+F autoconf/tea/configure.ac 4c32b08691a5b296206b38422b53b92b65be3d3f6b3dd6552a50981a61f5acda
 F autoconf/tea/doc/sqlite3.n e1fe45d4f5286ee3d0ccc877aca2a0def488e9bb
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@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ F autoconf/tea/win/nmakehlp.c b01f822eabbe1ed2b64e70882d97d48402b42d2689a1ea0034
 F autoconf/tea/win/rules.vc c511f222b80064096b705dbeb97060ee1d6b6d63
 F config.guess 883205ddf25b46f10c181818bf42c09da9888884af96f79e1719264345053bd6
 F config.sub c2d0260f17f3e4bc0b6808fccf1b291cb5e9126c14fc5890efc77b9fd0175559
-F configure 1d9cbcb416cb5387b3f750ae6db63cfedb703a2e46bf8ca61daecff31d208252 x
-F configure.ac de31fea7d975bb7ebafbe0e2190a855cc80d48558bf0c9a6578a1836daf1cd3a
+F configure bcb1042e92775424a1021d2f4c89c78a699a6225df01fa8c593df7df0be6ad10 x
+F configure.ac f25bd7843120f2c2b8bc9db5a92b0502bbdd28e68907415c3d42fc8e57c657b9
 F contrib/sqlitecon.tcl 210a913ad63f9f991070821e599d600bd913e0ad
 F doc/F2FS.txt c1d4a0ae9711cfe0e1d8b019d154f1c29e0d3abfe820787ba1e9ed7691160fcd
 F doc/compile-for-windows.md 50b27d77be96195c66031a3181cb8684ed822327ea834e07f9c014213e5e3bcf
@@ -2141,8 +2141,8 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.data 2ed517e100c66dc455b492e1a33350c1b20fbcdc
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.filters 37e51ffedcdb064aad6ff33b6148725226cd608e
 F vsixtest/vsixtest_TemporaryKey.pfx e5b1b036facdb453873e7084e1cae9102ccc67a0
-P 51002079e0b499e116415189a913a238e95ed9766a8af9d042928f4263861a87
-R 9d50cc29331e7855a28167bfb1447137
+P 268b5984a4263bee245a9bb47ac927bde56cdf4af8795b851dada5622224076f
+R dd1ef45ff2a5ccfd075e4867f283d51c
 U drh
-Z 2c58aac6deeb8398d0c95f4c1cc7c832
+Z b80b47952b8aa2091fd6d596beedfe43
 # Remove this line to create a well-formed Fossil manifest.
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index d1709e346a..c98a1f3b06 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-268b5984a4263bee245a9bb47ac927bde56cdf4af8795b851dada5622224076f
\ No newline at end of file
+15b618e92a2708cc83256947736de8c494a9985a77e38bd5efc7e51e72cba344
\ No newline at end of file