diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4a5cf167bbdbb9..4da04e6608419e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+2016-03-04, Version 0.10.44 (Maintenance), @rvagg
+
+Notable changes:
+
+* npm: Upgrade to v2.15.1. IMPORTANT: This is a major upgrade to npm v2 LTS from the previously deprecated npm v1. (Forrest L Norvell)
+* openssl: OpenSSL v1.0.1s disables the EXPORT and LOW ciphers as they are obsolete and not considered safe. This release of Node.js turns on `OPENSSL_NO_WEAK_SSL_CIPHERS` to fully disable the 27 ciphers included in these lists which can be used in SSLv3 and higher. Full details can be found in our LTS discussion on the matter (https://github.com/nodejs/LTS/issues/85). (Shigeki Ohtsu) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5712
+
+* [9fe106cb90] - deps: upgrade npm in LTS to 2.15.1 (Forrest L Norvell)
+* [0847954331] - deps: Disable EXPORT and LOW ciphers in openssl (Shigeki Ohtsu) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5712
+* [6bb86e727a] - test: change tls tests not to use LOW cipher (Shigeki Ohtsu) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5712
+* [905bec29ad] - win,build: support Visual C++ Build Tools 2015 (João Reis) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5627
+
 2016-03-04, Version 0.10.43 (Maintenance), @rvagg
 
 Notable changes:
diff --git a/src/node_version.h b/src/node_version.h
index 88c2257c3cb62d..f070beae5445e6 100644
--- a/src/node_version.h
+++ b/src/node_version.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 10
 #define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 44
 
-#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
+#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
 
 #ifndef NODE_STRINGIFY
 #define NODE_STRINGIFY(n) NODE_STRINGIFY_HELPER(n)