diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 171b109..49af909 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 d12504a..33dee4c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.4.5](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-identity-config/compare/v0.4.4...v0.4.5) (2024-06-06)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* force sync to ensure copy occurs ([#98](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-identity-config/issues/98)) ([d0cc071](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-identity-config/commit/d0cc071cadd36a98aadb11d997edbe75393ba19a))
+
 ## [0.4.4](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-identity-config/compare/v0.4.3...v0.4.4) (2024-06-05)
 
 
diff --git a/tasks.yaml b/tasks.yaml
index a9bda0d..e5a99d2 100644
--- a/tasks.yaml
+++ b/tasks.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ variables:
   - name: VERSION
     description: "The image tag"
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    default: "0.4.4"
+    default: "0.4.5"
     # x-release-please-end
 
   - name: IMAGE_NAME