diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 4affaba7..66510204 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ Change Log
 
 Unreleased
 
+[1.44.1] - 2023-08-25
+---------------------
+* feat: add prefetch related to the whitelisted product skills
+
 [1.44.0] - 2023-08-09
 ---------------------
 * feat: Added the ability to ignore unrelated jobs from being indexed on algolia.
diff --git a/taxonomy/__init__.py b/taxonomy/__init__.py
index 0b18d716..66632c18 100644
--- a/taxonomy/__init__.py
+++ b/taxonomy/__init__.py
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
 # 2. MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards compatible manner, and
 # 3. PATCH version when you make backwards compatible bug fixes.
 # More details can be found at https://semver.org/
-__version__ = '1.44.0'
+__version__ = '1.44.1'
 
 default_app_config = 'taxonomy.apps.TaxonomyConfig'  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
diff --git a/taxonomy/utils.py b/taxonomy/utils.py
index 0351a9fb..11cfbcc1 100644
--- a/taxonomy/utils.py
+++ b/taxonomy/utils.py
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ def get_whitelisted_serialized_skills(key_or_uuid, product_type=ProductTypes.Cou
     if cached_response.is_found:
         return cached_response.value
 
-    product_skills = get_whitelisted_product_skills(key_or_uuid, product_type)
+    whitelisted_product_skills = get_whitelisted_product_skills(key_or_uuid, product_type)
+    product_skills = whitelisted_product_skills.prefetch_related('skill__category', 'skill__subcategory')
     skills = [product_skill.skill for product_skill in product_skills]
     skills_data = SkillSerializer(skills, many=True).data
     TieredCache.set_all_tiers(
diff --git a/tests/test_utilities.py b/tests/test_utilities.py
index 5d8f613a..75939d63 100644
--- a/tests/test_utilities.py
+++ b/tests/test_utilities.py
@@ -379,6 +379,20 @@ def test_get_blacklisted_course_skills(self):
             skill_ids = [course_skill.skill.id for course_skill in blacklisted_course_skills]
             assert len(skill_ids) == 10
 
+    def test_query_count_for_whitelisted_course_retrival(self):
+        """
+        Validate that `get_whitelisted_serialized_skills` retrieves all course related data in single query.
+        """
+        factories.CourseSkillsFactory.create_batch(
+            2,
+            course_key=COURSE_KEY,
+            is_blacklisted=False,
+            skill__category=None,
+            skill__subcategory=None
+        )
+        with self.django_assert_num_queries(1):
+            utils.get_whitelisted_serialized_skills(key_or_uuid=COURSE_KEY, product_type=ProductTypes.Course)
+
     def test_get_whitelisted_serialized_skills(self):
         """
         Validate that `get_whitelisted_serialized_skills` returns serialized skills in expected format.