diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index ec087f9..a3cf436 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.4.4"
+  ".": "0.4.5"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 324bf1d..4b26631 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.4.5](https://github.com/edlontech/zvex/compare/zvex-v0.4.4...zvex-v0.4.5) (2026-05-18)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Skip elixir_make on precompiled path ([53d2623](https://github.com/edlontech/zvex/commit/53d2623c4d16d7944b3dce81599bb0905472d353))
+
 ## [0.4.4](https://github.com/edlontech/zvex/compare/zvex-v0.4.3...zvex-v0.4.4) (2026-05-18)
 
 
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 3dbf9fa..7df5701 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ defmodule Zvex.MixProject do
       zvex_use_precompiled: use_precompiled,
       description: description(),
       package: package(),
-      version: "0.4.4",
+      version: "0.4.5",
       elixir: "~> 1.19",
       start_permanent: Mix.env() == :prod,
       elixirc_paths: elixirc_paths(Mix.env()),