diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index b2076cd4..5550995c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Unreleased
-----------
+1.4.4 (2020-06-01)
+------------------
 
 - Fix an issue with keep-alive connections in which memory usage was higher
   than expected because output buffers were being reused across requests on
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 4c92b51f..a10b6a10 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = waitress
-version = 1.4.4a0
+version = 1.4.4
 description = Waitress WSGI server
 long_description = file: README.rst, CHANGES.txt
 long_description_content_type = text/x-rst