diff --git a/git.spec b/git.spec
index 6543f5c..675a15c 100644
--- a/git.spec
+++ b/git.spec
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 %global _package_note_file  %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{real_version}/.package_note-%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{_arch}.ld
 
 Name:           git
-Version:        2.44.0
+Version:        2.45.0
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Fast Version Control System
 License:        BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND MIT
@@ -639,13 +639,6 @@ rm -rf contrib/fast-import/import-zips.py
 %endif
 # endif with python2
 
-# Use python3 to avoid an unnecessary python2 dependency, if possible.
-%if %{with python3}
-sed -i -e '1s@#!\( */usr/bin/env python\|%{__python2}\)$@#!%{__python3}@' \
-    contrib/hg-to-git/hg-to-git.py
-%endif
-# endif with python3
-
 %install
 %make_install %{?with_docs:install-doc}
 
@@ -1045,6 +1038,9 @@ rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty "$testdir"
 %{?with_docs:%{_pkgdocdir}/git-svn.html}
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Apr 30 2024 Ondřej Pohořelský <opohorel@redhat.com> - 2.45.0-1
+- update to 2.45.0
+
 * Mon Feb 26 2024 Ondřej Pohořelský <opohorel@redhat.com> - 2.44.0-1
 - update to 2.44.0
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 9aeba57..0967862 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (git-2.44.0.tar.sign) = 2b7284d1aaf29ead52e671a1c3574176f8a1682e96753b1cb02e94b7fd6ed69390862143ff59ab6badfc4e22c799c98a92f1ac565d304c1d141c7c56700177d1
-SHA512 (git-2.44.0.tar.xz) = 9e4b9c8a8e28cd50c0db75a93eae8a3423aa7e51c4312af1e1cdaf408e93f306c23aa747f0a97f27c11ab0e2f5e6283e52c8b61c9fe6be5b9b18673a43ce1780
+SHA512 (git-2.45.0.tar.xz) = 36d438bf9a57dee8fe0536c90cb25d53c552e9f80e7575447d1d2af30cadab08522356f4ecd0f69b7877d5a7f84ab3b9766d8386beae57fe8d411d05d70db214
+SHA512 (git-2.45.0.tar.sign) = 8d4fdcb88355bf7511c8822e367e692514298deb99a2734b71b2754a551c76ab3aa788d5f24475c3177dafca6ce05325535c7d354c3aa82d3322bb718ccbaec4