diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 6207960..d2c1cf3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1.4.x
+1.4.4
 -----
 - Remove udev/rules.d/ and modprobe.d/ example files to force packagers
   to re-read PACKAGING.md and PERMISSIONS.md
diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index d4c53b9..b6b76d9 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # default installation location for beep.
 
 PACKAGE_TARNAME = beep
-PACKAGE_VERSION = 1.4.3
+PACKAGE_VERSION = 1.4.4
 
 DESTDIR=
 prefix=/usr