diff --git a/README b/README
index cfa3731..55e0ee6 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ HISTORY
   Where applicable, changes are attributed to the people who submitted
   the ideas and, in many cases, patches and source code.
 
+ * Version 4.4  (1 Nov 2020)
+        + scanCommand works even if user has not run mh-install
+
  * Version 4.3  (7 Sept 2020)
         + Removed "international: True" X resource.
           This was added in 4.2 and changed font resources incompatibly.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c6c17b8..9dc4dee 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([xlbiff], [4.3], [ed@edsantiago.com])
+AC_INIT([xlbiff], [4.4], [ed@edsantiago.com])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(foreign)
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE(enable)
 AC_PROG_CC