diff --git a/lib/crewai-files/src/crewai_files/__init__.py b/lib/crewai-files/src/crewai_files/__init__.py
index 41474aaae..d2c8017af 100644
--- a/lib/crewai-files/src/crewai_files/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/crewai-files/src/crewai_files/__init__.py
@@ -152,4 +152,4 @@ __all__ = [
     "wrap_file_source",
 ]
 
-__version__ = "1.14.4"
+__version__ = "1.14.5a1"
diff --git a/lib/crewai-tools/pyproject.toml b/lib/crewai-tools/pyproject.toml
index c418464ca..c5e59b39f 100644
--- a/lib/crewai-tools/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/crewai-tools/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.10, <3.14"
 dependencies = [
     "pytube~=15.0.0",
     "requests>=2.33.0,<3",
-    "crewai==1.14.4",
+    "crewai==1.14.5a1",
     "tiktoken>=0.8.0,<0.13",
     "beautifulsoup4~=4.13.4",
     "python-docx~=1.2.0",
diff --git a/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/__init__.py b/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/__init__.py
index 33dbc3358..8acbc217d 100644
--- a/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/__init__.py
@@ -330,4 +330,4 @@ __all__ = [
     "ZapierActionTools",
 ]
 
-__version__ = "1.14.4"
+__version__ = "1.14.5a1"
diff --git a/lib/crewai-tools/tool.specs.json b/lib/crewai-tools/tool.specs.json
index 6a0bcc4c6..f08cf7f69 100644
--- a/lib/crewai-tools/tool.specs.json
+++ b/lib/crewai-tools/tool.specs.json
@@ -9397,7 +9397,7 @@
       }
     },
     {
-      "description": "Search the internet using Exa",
+      "description": "Search the web with Exa, the fastest and most accurate web search API.",
       "env_vars": [
         {
           "default": null,
@@ -9412,7 +9412,7 @@
           "required": false
         }
       ],
-      "humanized_name": "EXASearchTool",
+      "humanized_name": "ExaSearchTool",
       "init_params_schema": {
         "$defs": {
           "EnvVar": {
@@ -9451,6 +9451,7 @@
             "type": "object"
           }
         },
+        "description": "Deprecated alias for :class:`ExaSearchTool`. Kept for backwards compatibility.",
         "properties": {
           "api_key": {
             "anyOf": [
@@ -9493,6 +9494,10 @@
               {
                 "type": "boolean"
               },
+              {
+                "additionalProperties": true,
+                "type": "object"
+              },
               {
                 "type": "null"
               }
@@ -9500,11 +9505,31 @@
             "default": false,
             "title": "Content"
           },
+          "highlights": {
+            "anyOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "boolean"
+              },
+              {
+                "additionalProperties": true,
+                "type": "object"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              }
+            ],
+            "default": true,
+            "title": "Highlights"
+          },
           "summary": {
             "anyOf": [
               {
                 "type": "boolean"
               },
+              {
+                "additionalProperties": true,
+                "type": "object"
+              },
               {
                 "type": "null"
               }
@@ -9586,7 +9611,225 @@
         "required": [
           "search_query"
         ],
-        "title": "EXABaseToolSchema",
+        "title": "ExaBaseToolSchema",
+        "type": "object"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "description": "Search the web with Exa, the fastest and most accurate web search API.",
+      "env_vars": [
+        {
+          "default": null,
+          "description": "API key for Exa services",
+          "name": "EXA_API_KEY",
+          "required": false
+        },
+        {
+          "default": null,
+          "description": "API url for the Exa services",
+          "name": "EXA_BASE_URL",
+          "required": false
+        }
+      ],
+      "humanized_name": "ExaSearchTool",
+      "init_params_schema": {
+        "$defs": {
+          "EnvVar": {
+            "properties": {
+              "default": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "string"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "null"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "default": null,
+                "title": "Default"
+              },
+              "description": {
+                "title": "Description",
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "name": {
+                "title": "Name",
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              "required": {
+                "default": true,
+                "title": "Required",
+                "type": "boolean"
+              }
+            },
+            "required": [
+              "name",
+              "description"
+            ],
+            "title": "EnvVar",
+            "type": "object"
+          }
+        },
+        "properties": {
+          "api_key": {
+            "anyOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              }
+            ],
+            "description": "API key for Exa services",
+            "required": false,
+            "title": "Api Key"
+          },
+          "base_url": {
+            "anyOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              }
+            ],
+            "description": "API server url",
+            "required": false,
+            "title": "Base Url"
+          },
+          "client": {
+            "anyOf": [
+              {},
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              }
+            ],
+            "default": null,
+            "title": "Client"
+          },
+          "content": {
+            "anyOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "boolean"
+              },
+              {
+                "additionalProperties": true,
+                "type": "object"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              }
+            ],
+            "default": false,
+            "title": "Content"
+          },
+          "highlights": {
+            "anyOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "boolean"
+              },
+              {
+                "additionalProperties": true,
+                "type": "object"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              }
+            ],
+            "default": true,
+            "title": "Highlights"
+          },
+          "summary": {
+            "anyOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "boolean"
+              },
+              {
+                "additionalProperties": true,
+                "type": "object"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              }
+            ],
+            "default": false,
+            "title": "Summary"
+          },
+          "type": {
+            "anyOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              }
+            ],
+            "default": "auto",
+            "title": "Type"
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [],
+        "title": "ExaSearchTool",
+        "type": "object"
+      },
+      "name": "ExaSearchTool",
+      "package_dependencies": [
+        "exa_py"
+      ],
+      "run_params_schema": {
+        "properties": {
+          "end_published_date": {
+            "anyOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              }
+            ],
+            "default": null,
+            "description": "End date for the search",
+            "title": "End Published Date"
+          },
+          "include_domains": {
+            "anyOf": [
+              {
+                "items": {
+                  "type": "string"
+                },
+                "type": "array"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              }
+            ],
+            "default": null,
+            "description": "List of domains to include in the search",
+            "title": "Include Domains"
+          },
+          "search_query": {
+            "description": "Mandatory search query you want to use to search the internet",
+            "title": "Search Query",
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "start_published_date": {
+            "anyOf": [
+              {
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              {
+                "type": "null"
+              }
+            ],
+            "default": null,
+            "description": "Start date for the search",
+            "title": "Start Published Date"
+          }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "search_query"
+        ],
+        "title": "ExaBaseToolSchema",
         "type": "object"
       }
     },
diff --git a/lib/crewai/pyproject.toml b/lib/crewai/pyproject.toml
index a0e7dfb86..0dcd7c566 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/crewai/pyproject.toml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Repository = "https://github.com/crewAIInc/crewAI"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 tools = [
-    "crewai-tools==1.14.4",
+    "crewai-tools==1.14.5a1",
 ]
 embeddings = [
     "tiktoken>=0.8.0,<0.13"
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/__init__.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/__init__.py
index fda44dc60..b09841231 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/__init__.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def _suppress_pydantic_deprecation_warnings() -> None:
 
 _suppress_pydantic_deprecation_warnings()
 
-__version__ = "1.14.4"
+__version__ = "1.14.5a1"
 
 _LAZY_IMPORTS: dict[str, tuple[str, str]] = {
     "Memory": ("crewai.memory.unified_memory", "Memory"),
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/crew/pyproject.toml b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/crew/pyproject.toml
index dcb1dcca0..94414b77b 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/crew/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/crew/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = "{{name}} using crewAI"
 authors = [{ name = "Your Name", email = "you@example.com" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
 dependencies = [
-    "crewai[tools]==1.14.4"
+    "crewai[tools]==1.14.5a1"
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/flow/pyproject.toml b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/flow/pyproject.toml
index d671f7a6a..d6c98bf0c 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/flow/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/flow/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = "{{name}} using crewAI"
 authors = [{ name = "Your Name", email = "you@example.com" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
 dependencies = [
-    "crewai[tools]==1.14.4"
+    "crewai[tools]==1.14.5a1"
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/tool/pyproject.toml b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/tool/pyproject.toml
index c9acd4d81..cd6c312d5 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/tool/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/tool/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = "Power up your crews with {{folder_name}}"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"
 dependencies = [
-    "crewai[tools]==1.14.4"
+    "crewai[tools]==1.14.5a1"
 ]
 
 [tool.crewai]
diff --git a/lib/devtools/src/crewai_devtools/__init__.py b/lib/devtools/src/crewai_devtools/__init__.py
index 6666d6da6..36c8c630a 100644
--- a/lib/devtools/src/crewai_devtools/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/devtools/src/crewai_devtools/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """CrewAI development tools."""
 
-__version__ = "1.14.4"
+__version__ = "1.14.5a1"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 4c56c5035..0ce24c628 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ resolution-markers = [
 ]
 
 [options]
-exclude-newer = "2026-04-27T16:00:00Z"
+exclude-newer = "2026-04-28T07:00:00Z"
 
 [manifest]
 members = [