diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d9fc2d2..afa13da 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.4.4] - Feb 1 2024
+
 ### Changed
 
 - the `Deletion`'s internal `VersionMap` now only includes entries for the
@@ -73,7 +75,8 @@
 - fixed a bug that would cause `Replica::decode()` to fail if it was encoded
   on a machine with a different pointer size (#1);
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/nomad/cola/compare/v0.4.3...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/nomad/cola/compare/v0.4.4...HEAD
+[0.4.4]: https://github.com/nomad/cola/compare/v0.4.3...v0.4.4
 [0.4.3]: https://github.com/nomad/cola/compare/v0.4.2...v0.4.3
 [0.4.2]: https://github.com/nomad/cola/compare/v0.4.0...v0.4.2
 [0.4.0]: https://github.com/nomad/cola/compare/v0.3.0...v0.4.0
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0b5c644..8d51096 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cola"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Riccardo Mazzarini <me@noib3.dev>"]
 description = "A text CRDT for real-time collaborative editing"