diff --git a/userdocs/contents/configuration.rst b/userdocs/contents/configuration.rst
index c6214b95..a16edefc 100644
--- a/userdocs/contents/configuration.rst
+++ b/userdocs/contents/configuration.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ warewulf.conf
 =============
 
 The Warewulf configuration exists as follows in the current version of
-Warewulf (4.5.0):
+Warewulf (4.5.1):
 
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
diff --git a/userdocs/contents/installation.rst b/userdocs/contents/installation.rst
index caadecf0..0eac3db6 100644
--- a/userdocs/contents/installation.rst
+++ b/userdocs/contents/installation.rst
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ Rocky Linux 8
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-   # dnf install https://github.com/warewulf/warewulf/releases/download/v4.4.0/warewulf-4.4.0-1.git_afcdb21.el8.x86_64.rpm
+   # dnf install https://github.com/warewulf/warewulf/releases/download/v4.5.1/warewulf-4.5.1-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
 
 openSuse Leap
 -------------
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-   # zypper install https://github.com/warewulf/warewulf/releases/download/v4.4.0/warewulf-4.4.0-1.git_afcdb21.suse.lp153.x86_64.rpm
+   # zypper install https://github.com/warewulf/warewulf/releases/download/v4.5.1/warewulf-4.5.1-1.suse.lp155.x86_64.rpm
 
 Compiled Source code
 ====================
@@ -59,10 +59,9 @@ appropriate substitutions:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   VERSION=4.4.0
-   curl -LO https://github.com/hpcng/warewulf/releases/download/v${VERSION}/warewulf-${VERSION}.tar.gz
-   tar -xf warewulf-${VERSION}.tar.gz
-   cd warewulf-${VERSION}
+   curl -LO https://github.com/warewulf/warewulf/releases/download/v4.5.1/warewulf-4.5.1.tar.gz
+   tar -xf warewulf-4.5.1.tar.gz
+   cd warewulf-4.5.1
    make all && sudo make install
 
 Git
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ tag.
 
    git clone https://github.com/hpcng/warewulf.git
    cd warewulf
-   git checkout development # or switch to a tag like 'v4.4.0'
+   git checkout development # or switch to a tag like 'v4.5.1'
    make all && sudo make install
 
 Runtime Dependencies
diff --git a/userdocs/contributing/development-environment-vagrant.rst b/userdocs/contributing/development-environment-vagrant.rst
index 4a26a31b..7c85751d 100644
--- a/userdocs/contributing/development-environment-vagrant.rst
+++ b/userdocs/contributing/development-environment-vagrant.rst
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Vagrantfile
     cat << 'EOF' > Vagrantfile
     Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
         number_of_node = ENV["NODES"] || 2
-        branch = ENV["BRANCH"] || "v4.4.0"
+        branch = ENV["BRANCH"] || "v4.5.1"
 
         config.vm.define :head do |head|
             head.vm.box = "rockylinux/9"
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Vagrantfile
                 cd /tmp
                 git clone https://github.com/warewulf/warewulf.git
                 cd warewulf
-                git checkout v4.4.0
+                git checkout v4.5.1
                 make clean defaults \
                     PREFIX=/usr \
                     BINDIR=/usr/bin \
diff --git a/userdocs/quickstart/debian12.rst b/userdocs/quickstart/debian12.rst
index 52accac1..f6f76750 100644
--- a/userdocs/quickstart/debian12.rst
+++ b/userdocs/quickstart/debian12.rst
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Install Warewulf and dependencies
    cd ~/git
    git clone https://github.com/warewulf/warewulf.git
    cd warewulf
-   git checkout main # or switch to a tag like 'v4.4.0'
+   git checkout main # or switch to a tag like 'v4.5.1'
    make all && sudo make install
 
 
diff --git a/userdocs/quickstart/el.rst b/userdocs/quickstart/el.rst
index 9b443bf5..c1bab88e 100644
--- a/userdocs/quickstart/el.rst
+++ b/userdocs/quickstart/el.rst
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ Install Warewulf
 
 The preferred way to install Warewulf on Enterprise Linux is using the
 the RPMs published in `GitHub releases`_. For example, to install the
-v4.5.0 release on Enterprise Linux 9:
+v4.5.1 release on Enterprise Linux 9:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   dnf install https://github.com/warewulf/warewulf/releases/download/v4.5.0/warewulf-4.5.0-1.el9.x86_64.rpm
+   dnf install https://github.com/warewulf/warewulf/releases/download/v4.5.1/warewulf-4.5.1-1.el9.x86_64.rpm
 
 Packages are available for el7, el8, and el9.