diff --git a/components/bower.json b/components/bower.json
index fc7a33709..de0d3edf7 100644
--- a/components/bower.json
+++ b/components/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "handlebars",
-  "version": "4.4.4",
+  "version": "4.4.5",
   "main": "handlebars.js",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {}
diff --git a/components/handlebars.js.nuspec b/components/handlebars.js.nuspec
index 653078c14..5c03a0795 100644
--- a/components/handlebars.js.nuspec
+++ b/components/handlebars.js.nuspec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <package>
 	<metadata>
 		<id>handlebars.js</id>
-		<version>4.4.4</version>
+		<version>4.4.5</version>
 		<authors>handlebars.js Authors</authors>
 		<licenseUrl>https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/blob/master/LICENSE</licenseUrl>
 		<projectUrl>https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/</projectUrl>
diff --git a/components/package.json b/components/package.json
index e8e6f1cba..db8c6a638 100644
--- a/components/package.json
+++ b/components/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "handlebars",
-  "version": "4.4.4",
+  "version": "4.4.5",
   "license": "MIT",
   "jspm": {
     "main": "handlebars",
diff --git a/lib/handlebars/base.js b/lib/handlebars/base.js
index 2b7709200..eccdb4753 100644
--- a/lib/handlebars/base.js
+++ b/lib/handlebars/base.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {registerDefaultHelpers} from './helpers';
 import {registerDefaultDecorators} from './decorators';
 import logger from './logger';
 
-export const VERSION = '4.4.4';
+export const VERSION = '4.4.5';
 export const COMPILER_REVISION = 8;
 export const LAST_COMPATIBLE_COMPILER_REVISION = 7;
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index de7e3da01..40391a611 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "handlebars",
   "barename": "handlebars",
-  "version": "4.4.4",
+  "version": "4.4.5",
   "description": "Handlebars provides the power necessary to let you build semantic templates effectively with no frustration",
   "homepage": "http://www.handlebarsjs.com/",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/release-notes.md b/release-notes.md
index eb60913a5..4d5bfbf68 100644
--- a/release-notes.md
+++ b/release-notes.md
@@ -2,7 +2,16 @@
 
 ## Development
 
-[Commits](https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/compare/v4.4.4...master)
+[Commits](https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/compare/v4.4.5...master)
+
+## v4.4.5 - October 20th, 2019
+Bugfixes: 
+
+- Contents of raw-blocks must be matched with non-eager regex-matching - 8d5530e, #1579
+
+
+
+[Commits](https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/compare/v4.4.4...v4.4.5)
 
 ## v4.4.4 - October 20th, 2019
 Bugfixes:
diff --git a/spec/helpers.js b/spec/helpers.js
index 0e756aba3..f95817c6a 100644
--- a/spec/helpers.js
+++ b/spec/helpers.js
@@ -47,10 +47,18 @@ describe('helpers', function() {
       runWithIdentityHelper('{{{{identity}}}}{{{{/identity}}}}', '');
     });
 
-    it('helper for nested raw block works if nested raw blocks are broken', function() {
+    xit('helper for nested raw block works if nested raw blocks are broken', function() {
+      // This test was introduced in 4.4.4, but it was not the actual problem that lead to the patch release
+      // The test is deactivated, because in 3.x this template cases an exception and it also does not work in 4.4.3
+      // If anyone can make this template work without breaking everything else, then go for it,
+      // but for now, this is just a known bug, that will be documented.
       runWithIdentityHelper('{{{{identity}}}} {{{{a}}}} {{{{ {{{{/ }}}} }}}} {{{{/identity}}}}', ' {{{{a}}}} {{{{ {{{{/ }}}} }}}} ');
     });
 
+    it('helper for nested raw block closes after first matching close', function() {
+      runWithIdentityHelper('{{{{identity}}}}abc{{{{/identity}}}} {{{{identity}}}}abc{{{{/identity}}}}', 'abc abc');
+    });
+
     it('helper for nested raw block throw exception when with missing closing braces', function() {
       var string = '{{{{a}}}} {{{{/a';
       shouldThrow(function() {
diff --git a/spec/tokenizer.js b/spec/tokenizer.js
index 1a361b754..ec15d597f 100644
--- a/spec/tokenizer.js
+++ b/spec/tokenizer.js
@@ -441,4 +441,9 @@ describe('Tokenizer', function() {
     result = tokenize('{{else foo as |bar baz|}}');
     shouldMatchTokens(result, ['OPEN_INVERSE_CHAIN', 'ID', 'OPEN_BLOCK_PARAMS', 'ID', 'ID', 'CLOSE_BLOCK_PARAMS', 'CLOSE']);
   });
+
+  it('tokenizes raw blocks', function() {
+    var result = tokenize('{{{{a}}}} abc {{{{/a}}}} aaa {{{{a}}}} abc {{{{/a}}}}');
+    shouldMatchTokens(result, ['OPEN_RAW_BLOCK', 'ID', 'CLOSE_RAW_BLOCK', 'CONTENT', 'END_RAW_BLOCK', 'CONTENT', 'OPEN_RAW_BLOCK', 'ID', 'CLOSE_RAW_BLOCK', 'CONTENT', 'END_RAW_BLOCK']);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/handlebars.l b/src/handlebars.l
index 2b27a9fab..fbf208b48 100644
--- a/src/handlebars.l
+++ b/src/handlebars.l
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ ID    [^\s!"#%-,\.\/;->@\[-\^`\{-~]+/{LOOKAHEAD}
                                     return 'END_RAW_BLOCK';
                                   }
                                  }
-<raw>[^\x00]+/("{{{{")          { return 'CONTENT'; }
+<raw>[^\x00]+?/("{{{{")          { return 'CONTENT'; }
 
 <com>[\s\S]*?"--"{RIGHT_STRIP}?"}}" {
   this.popState();