diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 0cd90ad53b..8a5937810b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ $ pipx install --suffix=@next 'tmuxp' --pip-args '\--pre' --force
 // Usage: tmuxp@next load yoursession
 ```
 
-## tmuxp 1.44.0 (unreleased)
+## tmuxp 1.45.0 (unreleased)
 
 <!-- Maintainers, insert changes / features for the next release here -->
 
+## tmuxp 1.44.0 (2024-03-24)
+
 ### Breaking changes
 
 - libtmux: 0.35.1 -> 0.36.0 (#923)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index abbe3ff901..bd22588ef7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "tmuxp"
-version = "1.43.1"
+version = "1.44.0"
 description = "Session manager for tmux, which allows users to save and load tmux sessions through simple configuration files."
 license = "MIT"
 authors = ["Tony Narlock <tony@git-pull.com>"]
diff --git a/src/tmuxp/__about__.py b/src/tmuxp/__about__.py
index 9e29287794..0b101f9ae5 100644
--- a/src/tmuxp/__about__.py
+++ b/src/tmuxp/__about__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 __title__ = "tmuxp"
 __package_name__ = "tmuxp"
-__version__ = "1.43.1"
+__version__ = "1.44.0"
 __description__ = "tmux session manager"
 __email__ = "tony@git-pull.com"
 __author__ = "Tony Narlock"