diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index b23314e5..e69de29b 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-* Improved HTTP error handling
-* Increased timout limit
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 4d1011e9..7eddfa1c 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #Generated by the Semver Plugin for Gradle
-#Thu Nov 09 19:54:07 UTC 2023
+#Thu Nov 09 19:56:57 UTC 2023
 version.buildmeta=
 version.major=1
 version.minor=0
-version.patch=43
-version.prerelease=
-version.semver=1.0.43
+version.patch=44
+version.prerelease=SNAPSHOT
+version.semver=1.0.44-SNAPSHOT