diff --git a/.shiprc b/.shiprc
index fe59345e..1b83cc62 100644
--- a/.shiprc
+++ b/.shiprc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "files": {
     "README.md": [],
+    ".version": [],
     "lib/build.gradle": ["version = \"{MAJOR}.{MINOR}.{PATCH}\""]
   },
   "prefixVersion": false
diff --git a/.version b/.version
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64b5ae39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+4.4.0
\ No newline at end of file