diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c2dba80f165d3..357d123def46e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -10769,7 +10769,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vector"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "apache-avro",
  "approx",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 156909dd5c84e..42f2305b6c0fd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "vector"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 authors = ["Vector Contributors <vector@datadoghq.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 description = "A lightweight and ultra-fast tool for building observability pipelines"