diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 34aae8842..f2a1a61a3 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ consumption to do the same tasks.
 Detailed list of changes
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-0.43.2 [future]
+0.44.0 [2025-11-03]
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 - Allow kitty to read a specified set of environment variables from your
diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index bc6e15029..387120098 100644
--- a/kitty/constants.py
+++ b/kitty/constants.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Version(NamedTuple):
 
 appname: str = 'kitty'
 kitty_face = '🐱'
-version: Version = Version(0, 43, 1)
+version: Version = Version(0, 44, 0)
 str_version: str = '.'.join(map(str, version))
 _plat = sys.platform.lower()
 is_macos: bool = 'darwin' in _plat