diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 338e97c..1b07aa4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@
 /gnome-characters-44.rc.tar.xz
 /gnome-characters-44.0.tar.xz
 /gnome-characters-45.alpha.tar.xz
+/gnome-characters-45.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/9ed597b027d32574bb3ebe45091f4123560ad42a.patch b/9ed597b027d32574bb3ebe45091f4123560ad42a.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 362d2d2..0000000
--- a/9ed597b027d32574bb3ebe45091f4123560ad42a.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-From 9ed597b027d32574bb3ebe45091f4123560ad42a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Christopher Davis <christopherdavis@gnome.org>
-Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2023 10:18:14 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] window: Unpack recent-characters GValue
-
-Currently `get_strv()` causes a crash due to a GJS issue.
----
- src/window.js | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/window.js b/src/window.js
-index 77305b6..712e2d8 100644
---- a/src/window.js
-+++ b/src/window.js
-@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ var MainWindow = GObject.registerClass({
- 
-         // FIXME: Can't use GSettings.bind with 'as' from Gjs
-         let recentCharacters = Main.settings.get_value('recent-characters');
--        this.recentCharacters = recentCharacters.get_strv();
-+        this.recentCharacters = recentCharacters.deepUnpack();
-         this._maxRecentCharacters = 100;
-         Main.settings.bind('max-recent-characters', this,
-             'max-recent-characters',
--- 
-GitLab
-
diff --git a/gnome-characters.spec b/gnome-characters.spec
index 5b1aeca..0247f83 100644
--- a/gnome-characters.spec
+++ b/gnome-characters.spec
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 %global tarball_version %%(echo %{version} | tr '~' '.')
 
 Name:		gnome-characters
-Version:	45~alpha
-Release:	3%{?dist}
+Version:	45.0
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	Character map application for GNOME
 # Files from gtk-js-app are licensed under 3-clause BSD.
 # Other files are GPL 2.0 or later.
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ License:	BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later
 URL:		https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/CharacterMap
 Source0:	https://download.gnome.org/sources/%{name}/45/%{name}-%{tarball_version}.tar.xz
 
-# fix crash in gjs
-Patch0:         https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-characters/-/commit/9ed597b027d32574bb3ebe45091f4123560ad42a.patch
 BuildRequires:	desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires:	gettext
 BuildRequires:	gobject-introspection-devel
@@ -72,6 +70,9 @@ desktop-file-validate $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/applications/%{appname}.deskto
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep 19 2023 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 45.0-1
+- Update to 45.0
+
 * Fri Jul 28 2023 Kevin Fenzi <kevin@scrye.com> - 45~alpha-3
 - Add patch to fix gjs crash
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4c45343..6e82f50 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gnome-characters-45.alpha.tar.xz) = 83fbdd47e354d23538cc638f068c0276b79c12fac9fca5214a6950deb996008e8279ccbca7dd04214eff978706422e08db1bd14292ed40b1154da38605f4acd8
+SHA512 (gnome-characters-45.0.tar.xz) = e7fa6c6caa684ab13c61d6fbf9dee69c0b67f8680dd27b130aaa2248a490e7b234ee541af56fdc6a5d56158636760b25da30a0d479d7f7f5403c35916f93a8ce