diff --git a/util/crossgcc/buildgcc b/util/crossgcc/buildgcc
index 832ee2ce28..cf4a8d6bce 100755
--- a/util/crossgcc/buildgcc
+++ b/util/crossgcc/buildgcc
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ MPFR_VERSION=4.2.2
 MPC_VERSION=1.3.1
 # Core GCC components
 GCC_VERSION=14.2.0
-BINUTILS_VERSION=2.44
+BINUTILS_VERSION=2.45
 LIBSTDCXX_VERSION="${GCC_VERSION}"	# GCC-specific C++ library
 
 # Low-level Tools (built after GCC)
diff --git a/util/crossgcc/patches/binutils-2.44_as-ipxe.patch b/util/crossgcc/patches/binutils-2.45_as-ipxe.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from util/crossgcc/patches/binutils-2.44_as-ipxe.patch
rename to util/crossgcc/patches/binutils-2.45_as-ipxe.patch
diff --git a/util/crossgcc/patches/binutils-2.44_no-makeinfo.patch b/util/crossgcc/patches/binutils-2.45_no-makeinfo.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from util/crossgcc/patches/binutils-2.44_no-makeinfo.patch
rename to util/crossgcc/patches/binutils-2.45_no-makeinfo.patch
diff --git a/util/crossgcc/sum/binutils-2.44.tar.xz.cksum b/util/crossgcc/sum/binutils-2.44.tar.xz.cksum
deleted file mode 100644
index fd3669abff..0000000000
--- a/util/crossgcc/sum/binutils-2.44.tar.xz.cksum
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-c8c9f5ae46ab9e3722c71821982d2c270e267748  tarballs/binutils-2.44.tar.xz
diff --git a/util/crossgcc/sum/binutils-2.45.tar.xz.cksum b/util/crossgcc/sum/binutils-2.45.tar.xz.cksum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05d55b3fc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/crossgcc/sum/binutils-2.45.tar.xz.cksum
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+09fd8a50a95be4a94412fe3847d16280996679c5  tarballs/binutils-2.45.tar.xz