diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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-# big-sur-micropatcher (Version 0.4.4pre)
+# big-sur-micropatcher (Version 0.4.4)
 A primitive USB patcher for installing macOS Big Sur on unsupported Macs
 
 By the way, if you have a Mac Pro, [Big Mac](https://github.com/StarPlayrX/bigmac) by StarPlayrX is another patcher worth considering. For 2008 Mac Pros (MacPro3,1) in particular, Big Mac is clearly a better option than this patcher (at least for now).
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ This documentation is more thorough than for previous versions of this patcher,
 I repeat, do a Time Machine backup *before* upgrading!! Big Sur changes how Time Machine backups are done, and I have heard that it is not possible to use previous versions of macOS to recover data from Big Sur's Time Machine backups. (I have created Time Machine backups with Big Sur, and I have restored them using Big Sur, but I have not yet tried to access Big Sur Time Machine backups using previous macOS releases.)
 
 ## Compatibility between different releases of this patcher and different Big Sur beta releases
-- v0.4.2-v0.4.3 (this release): Tested with beta 10 (20A5395g). Almost certainly compatible with beta 9 (20A5384c) as well. Compatibility with previous betas is unknown.
+- v0.4.2-v0.4.4 (this release): Tested with beta 10 (20A5395g). Almost certainly compatible with beta 9 (20A5384c) as well. Compatibility with previous betas is unknown.
 - v0.3.1-v0.4.1: Tested with beta 9 (20A5384c). Should be compatible with all previous betas as well. However, beta 9 fixes so many bugs that I strongly recommend against using any earlier betas.
 - v0.3.0: Tested with beta 6 (20A5364e) full installer, and delta updates from beta 6 to beta 8 (20A5374i) or beta 9 (20A5384c). Should also work with beta 1-5. Incompatible with beta 9 full installer.
 - v0.2.1: Tested with beta 6 (20A5364e). Should also work with beta 1-5. Incompatible with beta 9 (20A5384c) full installer.
diff --git a/micropatcher.sh b/micropatcher.sh
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--- a/micropatcher.sh
+++ b/micropatcher.sh
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 #!/bin/bash
-VERSIONNUM=0.4.4pre
+VERSIONNUM=0.4.4
 VERSION="BarryKN Big Sur Micropatcher v$VERSIONNUM"
 
 ### begin function definitions ###