diff --git a/.changeset/selfish-geckos-train.md b/.changeset/selfish-geckos-train.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b5b2f8a..00000000
--- a/.changeset/selfish-geckos-train.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-'thebe-core': patch
----
-
-Repo providers now also return the storage key for saved sessions so that they can make informed decisions about how to cache the session details based on the url/repo-spec.
diff --git a/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 41b6a169..fa1de82c 100644
--- a/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # thebe-core
 
+## 0.4.5
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- cbeab97: Repo providers now also return the storage key for saved sessions so that they can make informed decisions about how to cache the session details based on the url/repo-spec.
+  - thebe-lite@0.4.5
+
 ## 0.4.4
 
 ### Patch Changes
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 465b8030..3258c24c 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "thebe-core",
-  "version": "0.4.4",
+  "version": "0.4.5",
   "description": "Typescript based core functionality for Thebe",
   "main": "dist/cjs/index.js",
   "module": "dist/esm/index.js",
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
     "prettier": "^2.7.1",
     "style-loader": "^3.3.1",
-    "thebe-lite": "^0.4.4",
+    "thebe-lite": "^0.4.5",
     "ts-jest": "^29.0.5",
     "ts-loader": "^9.3.1",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     "webpack-merge": "^5.8.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "thebe-lite": "^0.4.4"
+    "thebe-lite": "^0.4.5"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@jupyter-widgets/base": "^6.0.6",
diff --git a/packages/lite/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/lite/CHANGELOG.md
index df4d1efe..79d48e4b 100644
--- a/packages/lite/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/lite/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # thebe-lite
 
+## 0.4.5
+
 ## 0.4.4
 
 ## 0.4.3
diff --git a/packages/lite/package.json b/packages/lite/package.json
index 801d2b5c..6dd7dbac 100644
--- a/packages/lite/package.json
+++ b/packages/lite/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "thebe-lite",
-  "version": "0.4.4",
+  "version": "0.4.5",
   "description": "Thebe extension library for WASM kernels via JupyterLite",
   "main": "dist/lib/thebe-lite.min.js",
   "types": "dist/types/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/react/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/react/CHANGELOG.md
index 48e1f7fa..38d65df0 100644
--- a/packages/react/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/react/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # thebe-react
 
+## 0.4.5
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- Updated dependencies [cbeab97]
+  - thebe-core@0.4.5
+
 ## 0.4.4
 
 ### Patch Changes
diff --git a/packages/react/package.json b/packages/react/package.json
index 32556d7e..b7e78f7e 100644
--- a/packages/react/package.json
+++ b/packages/react/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "thebe-react",
-  "version": "0.4.4",
+  "version": "0.4.5",
   "sideEffects": false,
   "description": "React providers and components for thebe-core",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "@jupyterlab/nbformat": "^3.5.0",
     "react": "^18.2.0",
     "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
-    "thebe-core": "^0.4.4"
+    "thebe-core": "^0.4.5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/react": "^18.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/thebe/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/thebe/CHANGELOG.md
index ca00347c..8822adb1 100644
--- a/packages/thebe/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/thebe/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # thebe
 
+## 0.9.0-rc.12
+
+- updated `thebe-core` dependency
+
 ## 0.9.0-rc.11
 
 ### Minor Changes
diff --git a/packages/thebe/package.json b/packages/thebe/package.json
index 815de59b..5217fc26 100644
--- a/packages/thebe/package.json
+++ b/packages/thebe/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "thebe",
-  "version": "0.9.0-rc.11",
+  "version": "0.9.0-rc.12",
   "description": "Thebe: turn static HTML pages into live documents",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "style": "lib/thebe.css",
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     "@jupyter-widgets/base": "6.0.6",
     "@jupyter-widgets/controls": "5.0.7",
     "@jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager": "5.0.9",
-    "thebe-core": "^0.4.4",
+    "thebe-core": "^0.4.5",
     "codemirror": "5.61.1",
     "current-script-polyfill": "^1.0.0"
   },