diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 827d574..bb5706b 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Libpng 1.4.0beta44 - December 6, 2008
+Libpng 1.4.0beta45 - December 9, 2008
 
 This is not intended to be a public release.  It will be replaced
 within a few weeks by a public version or by another test version.
@@ -9,27 +9,27 @@
 Source files with LF line endings (for Unix/Linux) and with a
 "configure" script
 
-   1.4.0beta44.tar.gz
-   1.4.0beta44.tar.bz2
+   1.4.0beta45.tar.gz
+   1.4.0beta45.tar.bz2
 
 Source files with LF line endings (for Unix/Linux) without the
 "configure" script
 
-   1.4.0beta44-no-config.tar.gz
-   1.4.0beta44-no-config.tar.bz2
+   1.4.0beta45-no-config.tar.gz
+   1.4.0beta45-no-config.tar.bz2
 
 Source files with CRLF line endings (for Windows), without the
 "configure" script
 
-   lp140b44.zip
-   lp140b44.tar.bz2
+   lp140b45.zip
+   lp140b45.tar.bz2
 
 Other information:
 
-   1.4.0beta44-README.txt
-   1.4.0beta44-KNOWNBUGS.txt
-   1.4.0beta44-LICENSE.txt
-   1.4.0beta44-Y2K-compliance.txt
+   1.4.0beta45-README.txt
+   1.4.0beta45-KNOWNBUGS.txt
+   1.4.0beta45-LICENSE.txt
+   1.4.0beta45-Y2K-compliance.txt
 
 Changes since the last public release (1.2.10):
 
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
   Added check for zero-area RGB cHRM triange in png_check_cHRM() and
     png_check_cHRM_fixed().
 
-version 1.4.0beta39 [December 6, 2008]
+version 1.4.0beta39 [December 9, 2008]
   Revised png_warning() to write its message on standard output by default
     when warning_fn is NULL.
 
@@ -365,6 +365,11 @@
   Removed redundant check for key==NULL before calling png_check_keyword()
     to ensure that new_key gets initialized and removed extra warning
     (Merge with version 1.2.34beta05 -- Arvan Pritchard).
+
+version 1.4.0beta45 [December 9, 2008]
+  In png_write_png(), respect the placement of the filler bytes in an earlier
+    call to png_set_filler() (Jim Barry).
+
 version 1.4.0betaN [future]
   Build shared libraries with -lz and sometimes -lm.