diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 3b2c8946..8614688e 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ Reporting and data retrieval app for `Open edX <https://open.edx.org/>`__.
 `Figures is on PyPI <https://pypi.org/project/Figures/>`__
 
 
+Oct 13, 2022 - Figures release 0.4.4
+====================================
+This release includes a performance fix for the site-monthly-metric API.
+
 Aug 15, 2022 - Figures release 0.4.3
 ====================================
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8fa6a41a..ddb64a22 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='Figures',
-    version='0.4.3',
+    version='0.4.4',
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
     license='MIT',