diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 410e01d..53a7802 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "rasters"
-version = "1.4.4"
+version = "1.4.5"
 description = "raster processing toolkit"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "six",
 ]
 
-requires-python = ">=3.11"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
diff --git a/rasters/version.txt b/rasters/version.txt
index e1df5de..03e5161 100644
--- a/rasters/version.txt
+++ b/rasters/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.4.4
\ No newline at end of file
+1.4.5
\ No newline at end of file