diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index d1ce8e20..b82bb566 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: httr
 Title: Tools for Working with URLs and HTTP
-Version: 1.4.3.9000
+Version: 1.4.4
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", , "hadley@rstudio.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("RStudio", role = c("cph", "fnd"))
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 1b15a22c..b72c93df 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# httr (development version)
+# httr 1.4.4
 
 * Fix intermittent failing test.