diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c27ecce0..e9cb9351 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH 1)
 
 set (MC_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set (MC_VERSION_MINOR 4)
-set (MC_VERSION_PATCH 4)
+set (MC_VERSION_PATCH 5)
 
 set (MC_VERSION ${MC_VERSION_MAJOR}.${MC_VERSION_MINOR})
 set (MC_APIVERSION ${MC_VERSION}.${MC_VERSION_PATCH})
diff --git a/include/Common.h b/include/Common.h
index f7a22de8..9295465a 100644
--- a/include/Common.h
+++ b/include/Common.h
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ typedef enum {
 } op_code_t;
 
 const char* errCodeToString(err_code_t err);
-bool isLocalSocket(const char* host);
+bool isUnixSocket(const char* host);
 server_string_split_t splitServerString(char* input);
 
 } // namespace mc
diff --git a/libmc/__init__.py b/libmc/__init__.py
index b0f05eaa..d1f4d1db 100644
--- a/libmc/__init__.py
+++ b/libmc/__init__.py
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
 )
 
 __VERSION__ = "1.4.4"
-__version__ = "v1.4.4"
+__version__ = "1.4.5"
 __author__ = "mckelvin"
 __email__ = "mckelvin@users.noreply.github.com"
-__date__ = "Sat Jun  1 05:10:05 2024 +0800"
+__date__ = "Fri Jun  7 06:16:00 2024 +0800"
 
 
 class Client(PyClient):
diff --git a/src/Common.cpp b/src/Common.cpp
index 2e75ffca..148bdd92 100644
--- a/src/Common.cpp
+++ b/src/Common.cpp
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ const char* errCodeToString(err_code_t err) {
   }
 }
 
-bool isLocalSocket(const char* host) {
+bool isUnixSocket(const char* host) {
   // errors on the side of false negatives, allowing syntax expansion;
-  // starting slash to denote socket paths is from pylibmc
+  // starting slash syntax is from libmemcached
   return host[0] == '/';
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Connection.cpp b/src/Connection.cpp
index 0b95c8b3..b44c4963 100644
--- a/src/Connection.cpp
+++ b/src/Connection.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Connection::~Connection() {
 int Connection::init(const char* host, uint32_t port, const char* alias) {
   snprintf(m_host, sizeof m_host, "%s", host);
   m_port = port;
-  m_unixSocket = isLocalSocket(m_host);
+  m_unixSocket = isUnixSocket(m_host);
   if (alias == NULL) {
     m_hasAlias = false;
     if (m_unixSocket) {
diff --git a/src/version.go b/src/version.go
index 978dc32d..f4710295 100644
--- a/src/version.go
+++ b/src/version.go
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package golibmc
 
-const _Version = "v1.4.4"
+const _Version = "1.4.5"
 const _Author = "mckelvin"
 const _Email = "mckelvin@users.noreply.github.com"
-const _Date = "Sat Jun  1 05:10:05 2024 +0800"
+const _Date = "Fri Jun  7 06:16:00 2024 +0800"
 
 // Version of the package
 const Version = _Version