diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 )
 
 project(bitcoin-abc
-	VERSION 0.24.4
+	VERSION 0.24.5
 	DESCRIPTION "Bitcoin ABC is a full node implementation of the eCash protocol."
 	HOMEPAGE_URL "https://www.bitcoinabc.org"
 )
diff --git a/contrib/aur/bitcoin-abc-qt/PKGBUILD b/contrib/aur/bitcoin-abc-qt/PKGBUILD
--- a/contrib/aur/bitcoin-abc-qt/PKGBUILD
+++ b/contrib/aur/bitcoin-abc-qt/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Josh Ellithorpe <quest@mac.com>
 
 pkgname=bitcoin-abc-qt
-pkgver=0.24.4
+pkgver=0.24.5
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Bitcoin ABC with bitcoind, bitcoin-cli, bitcoin-tx, bitcoin-seeder and bitcoin-qt"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
diff --git a/contrib/aur/bitcoin-abc/PKGBUILD b/contrib/aur/bitcoin-abc/PKGBUILD
--- a/contrib/aur/bitcoin-abc/PKGBUILD
+++ b/contrib/aur/bitcoin-abc/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Josh Ellithorpe <quest@mac.com>
 
 pkgname=bitcoin-abc
-pkgver=0.24.4
+pkgver=0.24.5
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Bitcoin ABC with bitcoind, bitcoin-tx, bitcoin-seeder and bitcoin-cli"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -1,25 +1,7 @@
-# Bitcoin ABC 0.24.4 Release Notes
+# Bitcoin ABC 0.24.5 Release Notes
 
-Bitcoin ABC version 0.24.4 is now available from:
+Bitcoin ABC version 0.24.5 is now available from:
 
-  <https://download.bitcoinabc.org/0.24.4/>
+  <https://download.bitcoinabc.org/0.24.5/>
 
 This release includes the following features and fixes:
-
-- Bitcoin ABC will no longer create an unnamed `""` wallet by default when no wallet is
-  specified on the command line or in the configuration files. For backwards compatibility,
-  if an unnamed `""` wallet already exists and would have been loaded previously, then it
-  will still be loaded. Users without an unnamed `""` wallet and without any other wallets
-  to be loaded on startup  will be prompted to either choose a wallet to load, or to
-  create a new wallet.
-- A new `send` RPC with similar syntax to `walletcreatefundedpsbt`, including
-  support for coin selection and a custom fee rate. Using the new `send` method
-  is encouraged: `sendmany` and `sendtoaddress` may be deprecated in a future release.
-- The `testmempoolaccept` RPC returns `size` and a `fee` object with the `base` fee
-  if the transaction passes validation.
-- A "sequence" notifier is added to ZeroMQ notifications, enabling client-side mempool
-  tracking.
-- The same ZeroMQ notification (e.g. `-zmqpubhashtx=address`) can now be specified multiple
-  times to publish the same notification to different ZeroMQ sockets.
-- The `-startupnotify` option can be used to specify a command to execute when Bitcoin ABC
-  has finished with its startup sequence.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.24.4.md
copy from doc/release-notes.md
copy to doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.24.4.md