diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4c04a58..1c872a0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
 /gnome-text-editor-44.beta.tar.xz
 /gnome-text-editor-44.rc.tar.xz
 /gnome-text-editor-44.0.tar.xz
+/gnome-text-editor-45.alpha.tar.xz
diff --git a/gnome-text-editor.spec b/gnome-text-editor.spec
index 008852e..9328643 100644
--- a/gnome-text-editor.spec
+++ b/gnome-text-editor.spec
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 %global tarball_version %%(echo %{version} | tr '~' '.')
 
 Name:		gnome-text-editor
-Version:	44.0
-Release:	2%{?dist}
+Version:	45~alpha
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	A simple text editor for the GNOME desktop
 
 License:	GPL-3.0-or-later
 URL:		https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-text-editor
-Source0:	https://download.gnome.org/sources/%{name}/44/%{name}-%{tarball_version}.tar.xz
+Source0:	https://download.gnome.org/sources/%{name}/45/%{name}-%{tarball_version}.tar.xz
 
 BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(editorconfig)
 BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(enchant-2) >= %{enchant_version}
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/org.gnome.TextEditor.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jul 03 2023 Kalev Lember <klember@redhat.com> - 45~alpha-1
+- Update to 45.alpha
+
 * Tue Jun 06 2023 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 44.0-2
 - Drop unnecessary libpcre BuildRequires (#2212743)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e5c07dd..801e89a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gnome-text-editor-44.0.tar.xz) = bca373a124c3e648fa28da1a493163d768488fa3645fcfbfa7a115e195c0c971dc98e007c9c0fdf7fe415df64e76071fc83e33831707bb31154e66355948bbb3
+SHA512 (gnome-text-editor-45.alpha.tar.xz) = a4ba779a8454f13079a9e653272ed7aabca0df574acb22fd5271614f72569006186bd965db90a03c14a751fb15a2bb52a04b6d3338c487e0fcae5a26d88bbeba