diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 507b34c26..59cf28a14 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.44.3-beta
+current_version = 0.44.4-beta
 commit = True
 tag = False
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+).(?P<patch>\d+)(\-(?P<release>[a-z]+))?
diff --git a/xclim/__init__.py b/xclim/__init__.py
index 2de116e3d..511d2fb81 100644
--- a/xclim/__init__.py
+++ b/xclim/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 __author__ = """Travis Logan"""
 __email__ = "logan.travis@ouranos.ca"
-__version__ = "0.44.3-beta"
+__version__ = "0.44.4-beta"
 
 
 # Load official locales