diff --git a/v2ray-core/Config.in b/v2ray-core/Config.in
index 20a764336..53c714859 100644
--- a/v2ray-core/Config.in
+++ b/v2ray-core/Config.in
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ config V2RAY_EXCLUDE_V2CTL
 
 config V2RAY_EXCLUDE_ASSETS
 	bool "Exclude geoip.dat & geosite.dat"
-	default n
+	default y
 
 config V2RAY_COMPRESS_UPX
 	bool "Compress executable files with UPX"
diff --git a/v2ray-core/Makefile b/v2ray-core/Makefile
index beb3bd2f4..08a9d018d 100644
--- a/v2ray-core/Makefile
+++ b/v2ray-core/Makefile
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=v2ray-core
-PKG_VERSION:=4.43.0
+PKG_VERSION:=4.45.2
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 #PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE:=v$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/v2fly/v2ray-core/archive/refs/tags/
-PKG_HASH:=f27b8fe8e1e102b0297339ee368c8b650fde0f949e0d90e1229ff6744f99ba0f
+PKG_HASH:=7a126bac7df32f627f34331778cb39ac99db18d7edcd45628db06e123fa0694b
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE