diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 6cedcff63..6016e8add 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.5.2
+4.6.0
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d8dea8a70..cf8f0e78b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+pywps (4.6.0) trusty; urgency=medium
+
+  * Skip support for Python 3.7
+  * Update validate geojson (#680).
+  * Sanitize test suite (#684, #683, #682, #681).
+  * Support Python3.10/3.11, documentation fixes, and general codebase cleanup (#677).
+  * Extended env variable interpolation (#675)
+  * Don't use deprecated distutils module (#672).
+  * Fixed tox.ini parameter passenv (#670).
+  * Improve the implementation of pywps.inout.literaltypes (#668).
+  * Fix tests/test_capabilities.py with correct check of request case (#665).
+  * Activate async test (#664).
+  * Move Sleep process definition (#663). 
+  * Remove use of mutable as default value in Process.__init__ (#660).
+  * Better handle of crashed processes (#659).
+  * Change coveralls branch from master to main (#655).
+
+ -- Carsten Ehbrecht <ehbrecht@dkrz.de>  Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000
+
+
 pywps (4.5.2) trusty; urgency=medium
 
   * Fix test section in README.md about pytest (#653)
diff --git a/pywps/__init__.py b/pywps/__init__.py
index fb0995a74..8966000b6 100644
--- a/pywps/__init__.py
+++ b/pywps/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 from lxml.builder import ElementMaker
 
-__version__ = "4.5.2"
+__version__ = "4.6.0"
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger('PYWPS')
 LOGGER.debug('setting core variables')
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 16827f35d..fc2a44b4e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.5.2
+current_version = 4.6.0
 commit = False
 tag = False
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+).(?P<patch>\d+)
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ ignore =
 	W606
 max-line-length = 120
 exclude = tests
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 63dc553b9..3997af8b2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 # licensed under MIT, Please consult LICENSE.txt for details     #
 ##################################################################
 
-import sys
-
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
 with open("VERSION.txt") as ff: