diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rdoc b/CHANGELOG.rdoc
index 7996114f..32d7f0b4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rdoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rdoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-=== 1.4.4 (unreleased)
+=== 1.4.4 (2022-06-14)
 
 * Fixes
   * Compilation no longer fails against SQLite3 versions < 3.29.0. This issue was introduced in v1.4.3. [#324] (Thank you, @r6e!)
diff --git a/lib/sqlite3/version.rb b/lib/sqlite3/version.rb
index 21864776..d1ea6e66 100644
--- a/lib/sqlite3/version.rb
+++ b/lib/sqlite3/version.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 module SQLite3
 
-  VERSION = '1.4.3'
+  VERSION = '1.4.4'
 
   module VersionProxy
 
     MAJOR = 1
     MINOR = 4
-    TINY  = 3
+    TINY  = 4
     BUILD = nil
 
     STRING = [ MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, BUILD ].compact.join( "." )