diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 8ed0ee15..ea502a6b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 
 Changelog
 =========
+4.5.1 (11.6.2025)
+------------------
+* Hotfix LSL metadata
+
 4.5.0 (5.6.2025)
 ------------------
 * Live impedance
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 63f94ae5..74101bac 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
     :target: https://pypi.org/project/explorepy
 
 
-.. |commits-since| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/Mentalab-hub/explorepy/v4.5.0.svg
+.. |commits-since| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/Mentalab-hub/explorepy/v4.5.1.svg
     :alt: Commits since latest release
-    :target: https://github.com/Mentalab-hub/explorepy/compare/v4.5.0...master
+    :target: https://github.com/Mentalab-hub/explorepy/compare/v4.5.1...master
 
 
 .. |wheel| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/wheel/explorepy.svg
@@ -121,10 +121,12 @@ You can also create a new issue in the GitHub repository.
 
 Authors
 =======
-- `Mohamad Atayi`_
 - `Salman Rahman`_
-- `Andrea Escartin`_
 - `Sonja Stefani`_
+- `Nayan Sharma`_
+- `Deniz Toprak`_
+- `Mohamad Atayi`_
+- `Andrea Escartin`_
 - `Alex Platt`_
 - `Andreas Gutsche`_
 - `Masoome Fazelian`_
@@ -133,10 +135,12 @@ Authors
 - `Sebastian Herberger`_
 
 
-.. _Mohamad Atayi: https://github.com/bmeatayi
 .. _Salman Rahman: https://github.com/salman2135
-.. _Andrea Escartin: https://github.com/andrea-escartin
 .. _Sonja Stefani: https://github.com/SonjaSt
+.. _Nayan Sharma: https://github.com/rednayan
+.. _Deniz Toprak: https://github.com/detoprak13
+.. _Mohamad Atayi: https://github.com/bmeatayi
+.. _Andrea Escartin: https://github.com/andrea-escartin
 .. _Alex Platt: https://github.com/Nujanauss
 .. _Andreas Gutsche: https://github.com/andyman410
 .. _Masoome Fazelian: https://github.com/fazelian
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 2a8ed6c0..800b9b73 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 year = '2018-2025'
 author = 'Mentalab GmbH.'
 copyright = '{0}, {1}'.format(year, author)
-version = release = '4.5.0'
+version = release = '4.5.1'
 pygments_style = 'trac'
 templates_path = ['.']
 extlinks = {
diff --git a/installer/windows/installer.cfg b/installer/windows/installer.cfg
index 5a4ea517..3a7e9d6b 100644
--- a/installer/windows/installer.cfg
+++ b/installer/windows/installer.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [Application]
 name=MentaLab ExplorePy
-version=4.5.0
+version=4.5.1
 entry_point=explorepy.cli:cli
 console=true
 icon=mentalab.ico
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pypi_wheels =
     decorator==5.1.1
     distlib==0.3.7
     eeglabio==0.0.2.post4
-    explorepy==4.5.0
+    explorepy==4.5.1
     fonttools==4.42.1
     idna==3.4
     importlib-resources==6.0.1
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 817ab259..0d855fd7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend   = 'setuptools.build_meta'
 
 [project]
 name    = 'explorepy'
-version = "4.5.0"
+version = "4.5.1"
 license = { text = "MIT" }
 readme = { file = "README.rst", content-type = "text/x-rst"}
 authors = [
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ explorepy = "explorepy.cli:cli"
 
 # bumpoversion config
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "4.5.0"
+current_version = "4.5.1"
 commit = false
 tag = false
 
diff --git a/src/explorepy/__init__.py b/src/explorepy/__init__.py
index cfa4ad24..60248c5b 100644
--- a/src/explorepy/__init__.py
+++ b/src/explorepy/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 
 __all__ = ["Explore", "command", "tools", "log_config"]
-__version__ = '4.5.0'
+__version__ = '4.5.1'
 
 this = sys.modules[__name__]
 # TODO appropriate library
diff --git a/src/explorepy/tools.py b/src/explorepy/tools.py
index 21dc70cd..ef3ed514 100644
--- a/src/explorepy/tools.py
+++ b/src/explorepy/tools.py
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ def initialize_outlets(self):
                               source_id=self.device_name + "_ExG")
         info_exg.desc().append_child_value("manufacturer", "Mentalab")
         channels = info_exg.desc().append_child("channels")
-        for i, mask in enumerate(self.adc_mask):
+        for i, mask in enumerate(reversed(self.adc_mask)):
             if mask == 1:
                 channels.append_child("channel") \
                     .append_child_value("name", self.channel_names[i]) \