diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a6cab80790..cd469a8efd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,67 +2,70 @@
 
 **Topics**
 
-- <a href="#v11-4-4">v11\.4\.4</a>
+- <a href="#v11-4-5">v11\.4\.5</a>
     - <a href="#release-summary">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v11-4-3">v11\.4\.3</a>
+- <a href="#v11-4-4">v11\.4\.4</a>
     - <a href="#release-summary-1">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes-1">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v11-4-2">v11\.4\.2</a>
+- <a href="#v11-4-3">v11\.4\.3</a>
     - <a href="#release-summary-2">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#minor-changes">Minor Changes</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes-2">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v11-4-1">v11\.4\.1</a>
+- <a href="#v11-4-2">v11\.4\.2</a>
     - <a href="#release-summary-3">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-3">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v11-4-1">v11\.4\.1</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-4">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#minor-changes-1">Minor Changes</a>
     - <a href="#security-fixes">Security Fixes</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-3">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v11-4-0">v11\.4\.0</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-4">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#minor-changes-2">Minor Changes</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes-4">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v11-3-0">v11\.3\.0</a>
+- <a href="#v11-4-0">v11\.4\.0</a>
     - <a href="#release-summary-5">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-2">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-5">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v11-3-0">v11\.3\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-6">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#minor-changes-3">Minor Changes</a>
     - <a href="#deprecated-features">Deprecated Features</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-5">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-6">Bugfixes</a>
     - <a href="#new-plugins">New Plugins</a>
         - <a href="#filter">Filter</a>
     - <a href="#new-modules">New Modules</a>
 - <a href="#v11-2-1">v11\.2\.1</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-6">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-6">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v11-2-0">v11\.2\.0</a>
     - <a href="#release-summary-7">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-7">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v11-2-0">v11\.2\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-8">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#minor-changes-4">Minor Changes</a>
     - <a href="#deprecated-features-1">Deprecated Features</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-7">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-8">Bugfixes</a>
     - <a href="#new-plugins-1">New Plugins</a>
         - <a href="#lookup">Lookup</a>
     - <a href="#new-modules-1">New Modules</a>
 - <a href="#v11-1-2">v11\.1\.2</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-8">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#minor-changes-5">Minor Changes</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-8">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v11-1-1">v11\.1\.1</a>
     - <a href="#release-summary-9">Release Summary</a>
-    - <a href="#minor-changes-6">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-5">Minor Changes</a>
     - <a href="#bugfixes-9">Bugfixes</a>
-- <a href="#v11-1-0">v11\.1\.0</a>
+- <a href="#v11-1-1">v11\.1\.1</a>
     - <a href="#release-summary-10">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#minor-changes-6">Minor Changes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-10">Bugfixes</a>
+- <a href="#v11-1-0">v11\.1\.0</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-11">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#minor-changes-7">Minor Changes</a>
     - <a href="#deprecated-features-2">Deprecated Features</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-10">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-11">Bugfixes</a>
     - <a href="#new-plugins-2">New Plugins</a>
         - <a href="#callback">Callback</a>
     - <a href="#new-modules-2">New Modules</a>
 - <a href="#v11-0-0">v11\.0\.0</a>
-    - <a href="#release-summary-11">Release Summary</a>
+    - <a href="#release-summary-12">Release Summary</a>
     - <a href="#minor-changes-8">Minor Changes</a>
     - <a href="#deprecated-features-3">Deprecated Features</a>
     - <a href="#removed-features-previously-deprecated">Removed Features \(previously deprecated\)</a>
     - <a href="#security-fixes-1">Security Fixes</a>
-    - <a href="#bugfixes-11">Bugfixes</a>
+    - <a href="#bugfixes-12">Bugfixes</a>
     - <a href="#known-issues">Known Issues</a>
     - <a href="#new-plugins-3">New Plugins</a>
         - <a href="#callback-1">Callback</a>
@@ -73,8 +76,8 @@
     - <a href="#new-modules-3">New Modules</a>
 This changelog describes changes after version 10\.0\.0\.
 
-<a id="v11-4-4"></a>
-## v11\.4\.4
+<a id="v11-4-5"></a>
+## v11\.4\.5
 
 <a id="release-summary"></a>
 ### Release Summary
@@ -84,11 +87,10 @@ Regular bugfix release\.
 <a id="bugfixes"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 
-* cloudflare\_dns \- also allow <code>flag\=128</code> for CAA records \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/11355](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/11355)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11377](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11377)\)\.
-* logstash\_plugin \- fix argument order when using <code>version</code> parameter\. The plugin name must come after options like <code>\-\-version</code> for the <code>logstash\-plugin</code> CLI to work correctly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10745](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10745)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11440)\)\.
+* python\_requirements\_info \- use <code>importlib\.metadata</code> if <code>pkg\_resources</code> from <code>setuptools</code> cannot be imported\. That module has been removed from setuptools 82\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/11491](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/11491)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11492](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11492)\)\.
 
-<a id="v11-4-3"></a>
-## v11\.4\.3
+<a id="v11-4-4"></a>
+## v11\.4\.4
 
 <a id="release-summary-1"></a>
 ### Release Summary
@@ -98,6 +100,20 @@ Regular bugfix release\.
 <a id="bugfixes-1"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 
+* cloudflare\_dns \- also allow <code>flag\=128</code> for CAA records \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/11355](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/11355)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11377](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11377)\)\.
+* logstash\_plugin \- fix argument order when using <code>version</code> parameter\. The plugin name must come after options like <code>\-\-version</code> for the <code>logstash\-plugin</code> CLI to work correctly \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10745](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10745)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11440](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11440)\)\.
+
+<a id="v11-4-3"></a>
+## v11\.4\.3
+
+<a id="release-summary-2"></a>
+### Release Summary
+
+Regular bugfix release\.
+
+<a id="bugfixes-2"></a>
+### Bugfixes
+
 * keycloak\_realm \- fixed crash in <code>sanitize\_cr\(\)</code> when <code>realmrep</code> was <code>None</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11260](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11260)\)\.
 * listen\_ports\_facts \- fix handling of empty PID lists when <code>command\=ss</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11332](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11332)\)\.
 * monit \- add delay of 0\.5 seconds after state change and check for status \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11255](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11255)\)\.
@@ -106,7 +122,7 @@ Regular bugfix release\.
 <a id="v11-4-2"></a>
 ## v11\.4\.2
 
-<a id="release-summary-2"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-3"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Regular bugfix release\.
@@ -116,7 +132,7 @@ Regular bugfix release\.
 
 * tss lookup plugin \- fixed <code>AccessTokenAuthorizer</code> initialization to include <code>base\_url</code> parameter for proper token authentication \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11031](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11031)\)\.
 
-<a id="bugfixes-2"></a>
+<a id="bugfixes-3"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 
 * cobbler\_system \- compare the version as a float which is the type returned by the Cobbler API \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/11044](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/11044)\)\.
@@ -129,7 +145,7 @@ Regular bugfix release\.
 <a id="v11-4-1"></a>
 ## v11\.4\.1
 
-<a id="release-summary-3"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-4"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Regular bugfix release\.
@@ -148,7 +164,7 @@ Regular bugfix release\.
 
 * keycloak\_user \- the parameter <code>credentials\[\]\.value</code> is now marked as <code>no\_log\=true</code>\. Before it was logged by Ansible\, unless the task was marked as <code>no\_log\: true</code>\. Since this parameter can be used for passwords\, this resulted in credential leaking \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/11000](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/11000)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11005](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/11005)\)\.
 
-<a id="bugfixes-3"></a>
+<a id="bugfixes-4"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 
 * cloudflare\_dns \- roll back changes to CAA record validation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10934](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10934)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10956](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10956)\)\.
@@ -164,7 +180,7 @@ Regular bugfix release\.
 <a id="v11-4-0"></a>
 ## v11\.4\.0
 
-<a id="release-summary-4"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-5"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Regular bugfix and feature release\.
@@ -179,7 +195,7 @@ Regular bugfix and feature release\.
 * keycloak\_client \- add idempotent support for <code>optional\_client\_scopes</code> and <code>optional\_client\_scopes</code>\, and ensure consistent change detection between check mode and live run \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5495](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/5495)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10842](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10842)\)\.
 * pipx module\_utils \- use <code>PIPX\_USE\_EMOJI</code> to disable emojis in the output of <code>pipx</code> 1\.8\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10874](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10874)\)\.
 
-<a id="bugfixes-4"></a>
+<a id="bugfixes-5"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 
 * Avoid usage of deprecated <code>ansible\.module\_utils\.six</code> in all code that does not have to support Python 2 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10873](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10873)\)\.
@@ -196,7 +212,7 @@ Regular bugfix and feature release\.
 <a id="v11-3-0"></a>
 ## v11\.3\.0
 
-<a id="release-summary-5"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-6"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Regular bugfix and feature release\.
@@ -257,7 +273,7 @@ Regular bugfix and feature release\.
 * oci\_vcn \- module is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 13\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10318)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10652](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10652)\)\.
 * oracle\* doc fragments \- fragments are deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 13\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10318)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10652](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10652)\)\.
 
-<a id="bugfixes-5"></a>
+<a id="bugfixes-6"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 
 * kdeconfig \- <code>kwriteconfig</code> executable could not be discovered automatically on systems with only <code>kwriteconfig6</code> installed\. <code>kwriteconfig6</code> can now be discovered by Ansible \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10746](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10746)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10751](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10751)\)\.
@@ -284,12 +300,12 @@ Regular bugfix and feature release\.
 <a id="v11-2-1"></a>
 ## v11\.2\.1
 
-<a id="release-summary-6"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-7"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Bugfix release\.
 
-<a id="bugfixes-6"></a>
+<a id="bugfixes-7"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 
 * Avoid deprecated functionality in ansible\-core 2\.20 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10687](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10687)\)\.
@@ -301,7 +317,7 @@ Bugfix release\.
 <a id="v11-2-0"></a>
 ## v11\.2\.0
 
-<a id="release-summary-7"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-8"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Regular bugfix and features release\.
@@ -344,7 +360,7 @@ Regular bugfix and features release\.
 * github\_repo \- deprecate <code>force\_defaults\=true</code> \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10435](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10435)\)\.
 * rocketchat \- the default value for <code>is\_pre740</code>\, currently <code>true</code>\, is deprecated and will change to <code>false</code> in community\.general 13\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10490](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10490)\)\.
 
-<a id="bugfixes-7"></a>
+<a id="bugfixes-8"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 
 * jenkins\_plugin \- install latest compatible version instead of latest \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/854](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/854)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10346](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10346)\)\.
@@ -368,7 +384,7 @@ Regular bugfix and features release\.
 <a id="v11-1-2"></a>
 ## v11\.1\.2
 
-<a id="release-summary-8"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-9"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Bugfix release\.
@@ -507,7 +523,7 @@ Bugfix release\.
 * zypper \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513)\)\.
 * zypper\_repository \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10513)\)\.
 
-<a id="bugfixes-8"></a>
+<a id="bugfixes-9"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 
 * apk \- fix check for empty/whitespace\-only package names \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10532](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10532)\)\.
@@ -521,7 +537,7 @@ Bugfix release\.
 <a id="v11-1-1"></a>
 ## v11\.1\.1
 
-<a id="release-summary-9"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-10"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Bugfix release for the next Ansible 12 pre\-release\.
@@ -557,7 +573,7 @@ Bugfix release for the next Ansible 12 pre\-release\.
 * filesystem \- remove redundant constructs from argument specs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10494)\)\.
 * sysrc \- adjustments to the code \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10417](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10417)\)\.
 
-<a id="bugfixes-9"></a>
+<a id="bugfixes-10"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 
 * apache2\_module \- avoid ansible\-core 2\.19 deprecation \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10459](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10459)\)\.
@@ -575,7 +591,7 @@ Bugfix release for the next Ansible 12 pre\-release\.
 <a id="v11-1-0"></a>
 ## v11\.1\.0
 
-<a id="release-summary-10"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-11"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 Regular bugfix and feature release\.
@@ -635,7 +651,7 @@ Regular bugfix and feature release\.
 * catapult \- module is deprecated and will be removed in community\.general 13\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10318](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/issues/10318)\, [https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10329](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10329)\)\.
 * pacemaker\_cluster \- the parameter <code>state</code> will become a required parameter in community\.general 12\.0\.0 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10227](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10227)\)\.
 
-<a id="bugfixes-10"></a>
+<a id="bugfixes-11"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 
 * dependent lookup plugin \- avoid deprecated ansible\-core 2\.19 functionality \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10359](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/10359)\)\.
@@ -661,7 +677,7 @@ Regular bugfix and feature release\.
 <a id="v11-0-0"></a>
 ## v11\.0\.0
 
-<a id="release-summary-11"></a>
+<a id="release-summary-12"></a>
 ### Release Summary
 
 This is release 11\.0\.0 of <code>community\.general</code>\, released on 2025\-06\-16\.
@@ -1060,7 +1076,7 @@ This is release 11\.0\.0 of <code>community\.general</code>\, released on 2025\-
 * keycloak\_authentication \- API calls did not properly set the <code>priority</code> during update resulting in incorrectly sorted authentication flows\. This apparently only affects Keycloak 25 or newer \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9263](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9263)\)\.
 * keycloak\_client \- Sanitize <code>saml\.encryption\.private\.key</code> so it does not show in the logs \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9621](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9621)\)\.
 
-<a id="bugfixes-11"></a>
+<a id="bugfixes-12"></a>
 ### Bugfixes
 
 * apache2\_mod\_proxy \- make compatible with Python 3 \([https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9762](https\://github\.com/ansible\-collections/community\.general/pull/9762)\)\.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 6bc6a8181d..17684a6e7b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@ Community General Release Notes
 
 This changelog describes changes after version 10.0.0.
 
+v11.4.5
+=======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- python_requirements_info - use ``importlib.metadata`` if ``pkg_resources`` from ``setuptools`` cannot be imported. That module has been removed from setuptools 82.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11491, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11492).
+
 v11.4.4
 =======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index 7870011a59..8e704ad2b5 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -1917,3 +1917,15 @@ releases:
       - 11377-cloudflare_dns-caa.yml
       - 11440-logstash-plugin-fix-version-argument-order.yml
     release_date: '2026-01-26'
+  11.4.5:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+        - python_requirements_info - use ``importlib.metadata`` if ``pkg_resources``
+          from ``setuptools`` cannot be imported. That module has been removed from
+          setuptools 82.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11491,
+          https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11492).
+      release_summary: Regular bugfix release.
+    fragments:
+      - 11.4.5.yml
+      - 11492-python_requires_info.yml
+    release_date: '2026-02-23'
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/11.4.5.yml b/changelogs/fragments/11.4.5.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b14bd80d1..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/11.4.5.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: Regular bugfix release.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/11492-python_requires_info.yml b/changelogs/fragments/11492-python_requires_info.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index aa52ffca43..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/11492-python_requires_info.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "python_requirements_info - use ``importlib.metadata`` if ``pkg_resources`` from ``setuptools`` cannot be imported.
-     That module has been removed from setuptools 82.0.0
-     (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11491, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11492)."