diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 0230f87a7..ea75be040 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ include LICENSE.txt
 # Don't recursively include everything that's in test; there may be cruft files,
 # left-overs from experiments etc.
 include tests/*.py
-include tests/meshes/
-# recursive-include tests/meshes *
+# include tests/meshes/
+recursive-include tests/meshes *
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index dc3434878..032cb0125 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = meshio
-version = 4.4.4
+version = 4.4.5
 author = Nico Schlömer et al.
 author_email = nico.schloemer@gmail.com
 description = I/O for many mesh formats