diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e80c493..cbca673 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.14.5] - 2024-03-20
+
+## Added
+
+- Support for audio_events in Batch CLI.
+
 ## [1.14.4] - 2024-03-04
 
 ## Added
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4e00d0a..24a57f2 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.14.4
+1.14.5
diff --git a/speechmatics/cli_parser.py b/speechmatics/cli_parser.py
index 5ac2d23..c3172cd 100644
--- a/speechmatics/cli_parser.py
+++ b/speechmatics/cli_parser.py
@@ -480,6 +480,16 @@ def get_arg_parser():
         help="Enable audio event detection and print events in square-brackets to the console, e.g. [MUSIC]",
     )
 
+    # Parent parser for batch auto-chapters argument
+    batch_audio_events_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
+    batch_audio_events_parser.add_argument(
+        "--audio-events",
+        dest="detect_chapters",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Enable audio event detection, "
+        "will include `audio_events` and `audio_event_summary` keys in output (JSON only)",
+    )
+
     # Build our actual parsers.
     mode_subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(title="Mode", dest="mode")
 
@@ -514,6 +524,7 @@ def get_arg_parser():
             batch_sentiment_analysis_parser,
             batch_topic_detection_parser,
             batch_auto_chapters_parser,
+            batch_audio_events_parser,
         ],
         help="Transcribe one or more audio files using batch mode, while waiting for results.",
     )