diff --git a/Changelog.rst b/Changelog.rst
index dd79de48..a34d40d3 100644
--- a/Changelog.rst
+++ b/Changelog.rst
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
-0.4.4 (dev)
------------
+0.4.4 (2013-12-23)
+------------------
 
  * `helpers.bulk_index` renamed to `helpers.bulk` (alias put in place for
    backwards compatibility, to be removed in future versions)
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 1bbe0039..722075b4 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ copyright = u'2013, Honza Král'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.4.3'
+version = '0.4.4'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.4.3'
+release = '0.4.4'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/elasticsearch/__init__.py b/elasticsearch/__init__.py
index 6c609613..048c22d2 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/__init__.py
+++ b/elasticsearch/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-VERSION = (0, 4, 3)
+VERSION = (0, 4, 4)
 __version__ = VERSION
 __versionstr__ = '.'.join(map(str, VERSION))
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 94b7593d..4b114b10 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import sys
 import os
 
-VERSION = (0, 4, 3)
+VERSION = (0, 4, 4)
 __version__ = VERSION
 __versionstr__ = '.'.join(map(str, VERSION))