diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 421156d..255542b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [v0.44.0] - 2023-05-20
+
 - prepend cmeel stuff to `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` when running tests
 
 ## [v0.43.1] - 2023-05-03
@@ -335,6 +337,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Initial minial working example
 
 [Unreleased]: https://github.com/cmake-wheel/cmeel/compare/v0.4.2...main
+[v0.44.0]: https://github.com/cmake-wheel/cmeel/compare/v0.43.1...v0.44.0
 [v0.43.1]: https://github.com/cmake-wheel/cmeel/compare/v0.43.0...v0.43.1
 [v0.43.0]: https://github.com/cmake-wheel/cmeel/compare/v0.42.1...v0.43.0
 [v0.42.1]: https://github.com/cmake-wheel/cmeel/compare/v0.42.0...v0.42.1
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 87281f3..0473e54 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ include = ['cmeel.pth']
 license = "BSD-2-Clause"
 name = "cmeel"
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "0.43.1"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 cmake = {optional = true, version = "^3.22.3"}