diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index 428b770e..1c99cf0e 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.4.3
+1.4.4
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e5c115ea..293009a9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('dxvk', ['c', 'cpp'], version : 'v1.4.3', meson_version : '>= 0.46')
+project('dxvk', ['c', 'cpp'], version : 'v1.4.4', meson_version : '>= 0.46')
 
 cpu_family = target_machine.cpu_family()
 
diff --git a/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp b/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
index 9263bafd..b1b331d2 100644
--- a/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
+++ b/src/dxvk/dxvk_instance.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ namespace dxvk {
     appInfo.pApplicationName      = appName.c_str();
     appInfo.applicationVersion    = 0;
     appInfo.pEngineName           = "DXVK";
-    appInfo.engineVersion         = VK_MAKE_VERSION(1, 4, 3);
+    appInfo.engineVersion         = VK_MAKE_VERSION(1, 4, 4);
     appInfo.apiVersion            = VK_MAKE_VERSION(1, 1, 0);
     
     VkInstanceCreateInfo info;