diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 46f76fc..ea2c80c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changes
 
+## 1.44.0 / 2020-12-10
+
+* [Added] Allow skipping SSL verification. See [#246](https://github.com/DataDog/dogapi-rb/pull/246).
+
 ## 1.43.0 / 2020-12-07
 
 * [Fixed] find_localhost: Try both `hostname` and `hostname -f` before raising. See [#242](https://github.com/DataDog/dogapi-rb/pull/242).
diff --git a/lib/dogapi/version.rb b/lib/dogapi/version.rb
index a2f980f..dc60561 100644
--- a/lib/dogapi/version.rb
+++ b/lib/dogapi/version.rb
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 # Copyright 2011-Present Datadog, Inc.
 
 module Dogapi
-  VERSION = '1.43.1.dev'
+  VERSION = '1.44.0'
 end