Git 2.45.3

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.3.txt
index 2a1e9aa..ddb3cb6 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.45.3.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 Git v2.45.3 Release Notes
 =========================
 
-This primarily is to backport various small fixes accumulated on the
+This release merges up the fix that appears in v2.40.4, v2.41.3,
+v2.42.4, v2.43.6 and v2.44.3 to address the security issues
+CVE-2024-50349 and CVE-2024-52006; see the release notes for
+these versions for details.
+
+This version also backports various small fixes accumulated on the
 'master' front during the development towards Git 2.46, the next
 feature release.
 
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index eb53b0e..f7c5d8f 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v2.45.2
+DEF_VER=v2.45.3
 
 LF='
 '