diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f80cf68991..e0da94142a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-nursix-dev-5291-g8fe017c00 (2022-01-28 11:12:02)
+4.4 (2022-01-30 15:23:43)
diff --git a/_version.py b/_version.py
index ba7116df75..d37d1e8fff 100644
--- a/_version.py
+++ b/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "4.3"
+__version__ = "4.4"