diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a08642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [4.4.0](https://github.com/SchweizerischeBundesbahnen/data-scanner-flutter/compare/v4.3.0...4.4.0) (2024-12-18)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add initial structure for open source repo ([5abd7fc](https://github.com/SchweizerischeBundesbahnen/data-scanner-flutter/commit/5abd7fcc5165347ad4f0b94235628b23c44b4aa9))
diff --git a/ci/.release-please-manifest.json b/ci/.release-please-manifest.json
index 83f9eb8..fb1f343 100644
--- a/ci/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/ci/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "4.3.0"
+  ".": "4.4.0"
 }
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 29891d2..924dfee 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ repository: https://github.com/SchweizerischeBundesbahnen/data-scanner-flutter
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/SchweizerischeBundesbahnen/data-scanner-flutter/issues
 topics: [scanner]
 
-version: 4.3.0
+version: 4.4.0
 
 environment:
   sdk: ">=3.3.0 <4.0.0"