diff --git a/externals b/externals
index a0c18ab58..bf464d0ea 160000
--- a/externals
+++ b/externals
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a0c18ab58c1e0783614c63be5f42b4073b22ba97
+Subproject commit bf464d0ea12cdbe91b1bd24a4a364cc537235489
diff --git a/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simconnectsettingscomponent.ui b/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simconnectsettingscomponent.ui
index e2aedaa28..254d8ae7d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simconnectsettingscomponent.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simconnectsettingscomponent.ui
@@ -156,11 +156,16 @@ console=1
       <item row="0" column="1">
        <widget class="QComboBox" name="cb_P3DVersion">
         <property name="currentText">
-         <string>4.4 64bit</string>
+         <string>4.5 64bit</string>
         </property>
         <property name="currentIndex">
          <number>0</number>
         </property>
+        <item>
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>4.5 64bit</string>
+         </property>
+        </item>
         <item>
          <property name="text">
           <string>4.4 64bit</string>
diff --git a/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simconnectsymbols.cpp b/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simconnectsymbols.cpp
index bd4d7f120..1065515e7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simconnectsymbols.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simconnectsymbols.cpp
@@ -189,8 +189,10 @@ P3DSimConnectVersion stringToP3DVersion(const QString &p3d)
         if (p.contains("41")) { return P3DSimConnectv41; }
         if (p.contains("42")) { return P3DSimConnectv42; }
         if (p.contains("43")) { return P3DSimConnectv43; }
+        if (p.contains("44")) { return P3DSimConnectv44; }
+        if (p.contains("45")) { return P3DSimConnectv45; }
     }
-    return P3DSimConnectv42; // default
+    return P3DSimConnectv44; // default
 }
 
 bool loadAndResolveP3DSimConnect(P3DSimConnectVersion version)
@@ -206,6 +208,8 @@ bool loadAndResolveP3DSimConnect(P3DSimConnectVersion version)
     case P3DSimConnectv41: simConnectFileName += "v4.1"; break;
     case P3DSimConnectv42: simConnectFileName += "v4.2"; break;
     case P3DSimConnectv43: simConnectFileName += "v4.3"; break;
+    case P3DSimConnectv44: simConnectFileName += "v4.4"; break;
+    case P3DSimConnectv45: simConnectFileName += "v4.5"; break;
     }
 
     QLibrary simConnectDll(simConnectFileName);
diff --git a/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simconnectsymbols.h b/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simconnectsymbols.h
index b2df8d493..d7b39c23c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simconnectsymbols.h
+++ b/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simconnectsymbols.h
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ enum P3DSimConnectVersion
     P3DSimConnectv40,
     P3DSimConnectv41,
     P3DSimConnectv42,
-    P3DSimConnectv43
+    P3DSimConnectv43,
+    P3DSimConnectv44,
+    P3DSimConnectv45
 };
 
 //! String to the enum
diff --git a/src/plugins/simulator/p3d/p3d.pro b/src/plugins/simulator/p3d/p3d.pro
index bb8398ab3..67ad6479a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/simulator/p3d/p3d.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/simulator/p3d/p3d.pro
@@ -32,5 +32,4 @@ win32 {
     INSTALLS += target
 }
 
-
 load(common_post)