diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 892d70957..02eb36fd4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v4.5.0 - 2021-08-01
+
+**Important notes**
+
+A **BREAKING CHANGE** is introduced for JWT middleware users.
+The JWT library used for the JWT middleware had to be changed from [github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go](/~https://github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go) to
+[github.com/golang-jwt/jwt](/~https://github.com/golang-jwt/jwt) due former library being unmaintained and affected by security
+issues.
+The [github.com/golang-jwt/jwt](/~https://github.com/golang-jwt/jwt) project is a drop-in replacement, but supports only the latest 2 Go versions.
+So for JWT middleware users Go 1.15+ is required. For detailed information please read [#1940](/~https://github.com/labstack/echo/discussions/)
+
+To change the library imports in all .go files in your project replace all occurrences of `dgrijalva/jwt-go` with `golang-jwt/jwt`.
+
+For Linux CLI you can use:
+```bash
+find -type f -name "*.go" -exec sed -i "s/dgrijalva\/jwt-go/golang-jwt\/jwt/g" {} \;
+go mod tidy
+```
+
+**Fixes**
+
+* Change JWT library to `github.com/golang-jwt/jwt` [#1946](/~https://github.com/labstack/echo/pull/1946)
+
 ## v4.4.0 - 2021-07-12
 
 **Fixes**
diff --git a/echo.go b/echo.go
index 406e806bc..246a62256 100644
--- a/echo.go
+++ b/echo.go
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ const (
 
 const (
 	// Version of Echo
-	Version = "4.4.0"
+	Version = "4.5.0"
 	website = "https://echo.labstack.com"
 	// http://patorjk.com/software/taag/#p=display&f=Small%20Slant&t=Echo
 	banner = `
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2510d10c6..9cd3529bd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/labstack/echo/v4
 go 1.15
 
 require (
-	github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible
+	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.2+incompatible
 	github.com/labstack/gommon v0.3.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.8 // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d18f10fb6..027e96600 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible h1:7qlOGliEKZXTDg6OTjfoBKDXWrumCAMpl/TFQ4/5kLM=
-github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:E3ru+11k8xSBh+hMPgOLZmtrrCbhqsmaPHjLKYnJCaQ=
+github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.2+incompatible h1:IfV12K8xAKAnZqdXVzCZ+TOjboZ2keLg81eXfW3O+oY=
+github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:8pz2t5EyA70fFQQSrl6XZXzqecmYZeUEB8OUGHkxJ+I=
 github.com/labstack/gommon v0.3.0 h1:JEeO0bvc78PKdyHxloTKiF8BD5iGrH8T6MSeGvSgob0=
 github.com/labstack/gommon v0.3.0/go.mod h1:MULnywXg0yavhxWKc+lOruYdAhDwPK9wf0OL7NoOu+k=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.2/go.mod h1:U0ppj6V5qS13XJ6of8GYAs25YV2eR4EVcfRqFIhoBtE=
diff --git a/middleware/jwt.go b/middleware/jwt.go
index bce478743..c2e7c06d4 100644
--- a/middleware/jwt.go
+++ b/middleware/jwt.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build go1.15
+
 package middleware
 
 import (
@@ -7,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
+	"github.com/golang-jwt/jwt"
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
 )
 
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ type (
 
 		// ParseTokenFunc defines a user-defined function that parses token from given auth. Returns an error when token
 		// parsing fails or parsed token is invalid.
-		// Defaults to implementation using `github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go` as JWT implementation library
+		// Defaults to implementation using `github.com/golang-jwt/jwt` as JWT implementation library
 		ParseTokenFunc func(auth string, c echo.Context) (interface{}, error)
 	}
 
diff --git a/middleware/jwt_test.go b/middleware/jwt_test.go
index 9af4c83d8..393fd93d3 100644
--- a/middleware/jwt_test.go
+++ b/middleware/jwt_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build go1.15
+
 package middleware
 
 import (
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
+	"github.com/golang-jwt/jwt"
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
@@ -562,7 +564,7 @@ func TestJWTConfig_custom_ParseTokenFunc_Keyfunc(t *testing.T) {
 		return c.String(http.StatusTeapot, "test")
 	})
 
-	// example of minimal custom ParseTokenFunc implementation. Allows you to use different versions of `github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go`
+	// example of minimal custom ParseTokenFunc implementation. Allows you to use different versions of `github.com/golang-jwt/jwt`
 	// with current JWT middleware
 	signingKey := []byte("secret")