diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 35d6f0b7312..7159091579f 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -164,3 +164,7 @@ Konstantin Käfer <github@kkaefer.com>
 Richard Rodger <richard@ricebridge.com>
 Andreas Reich <andreas@reich.name>
 Dean McNamee <dean@gmail.com>
+Trevor Burnham <trevor@databraid.com>
+Zachary Scott <zachary.s.scott@gmail.com>
+Arnout Kazemier <info@3rd-Eden.com>
+
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 460c53dc630..bf60dc73453 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,21 @@
-2011.03.18, Version 0.4.3 (stable)
+2011.03.26, Version 0.4.4 (stable)
+
+* CryptoStream.end shouldn't throw if not writable GH-820
+
+* Drop out if connection destroyed before connect() GH-819
+
+* expose https.Agent
+
+* Correctly setsid in tty.open GH-815
+
+* Bug fix for failed buffer construction
+
+* Added support for removing .once listeners (GH-806)
+
+* Upgrade V8 to 3.1.8.5
+
+
+2011.03.18, Version 0.4.3 (stable), c095ce1a1b41ca015758a713283bf1f0bd41e4c4
 
 * Don't decrease server connection counter again if destroy() is called more
 	than once GH-431 (Andreas Reich, Anders Conbere)
diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html
index 47d91c55dc0..4f5f5e27940 100644
--- a/doc/index.html
+++ b/doc/index.html
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <li><a href="#download">Download</a></li>
         <li><a href="https://github.com/joyent/node/raw/master/ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a></li>
         <li><a href="#about">About</a></li>
-        <li><a href="http://nodejs.org/docs/v0.4.3/api">v0.4.3 docs</a></li>
+        <li><a href="http://nodejs.org/docs/v0.4.4/api">v0.4.4 docs</a></li>
         <br/>
         <li><B><a href="https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki">Wiki</a></B></li>
         <li><B><a href="http://blog.nodejs.org/">Blog</a></B></li>
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ <h2 id="download">Download</h2>
       </p>
 
       <p>
-        2011.03.18
-        <a href="http://nodejs.org/dist/node-v0.4.3.tar.gz">node-v0.4.3.tar.gz</a>
-        (<a href="http://nodejs.org/docs/v0.4.3/api/index.html">Documentation</a>)
+        2011.03.26
+        <a href="http://nodejs.org/dist/node-v0.4.4.tar.gz">node-v0.4.4.tar.gz</a>
+        (<a href="http://nodejs.org/docs/v0.4.4/api/index.html">Documentation</a>)
       </p>
 
       <p>Historical: <a href="http://nodejs.org/dist">versions</a>, <a href="http://nodejs.org/docs">docs</a></p>
diff --git a/src/node_version.h b/src/node_version.h
index b686790374b..1ec1b3d012d 100644
--- a/src/node_version.h
+++ b/src/node_version.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #define NODE_MAJOR_VERSION 0
 #define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 4
 #define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 4
-#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
+#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
 
 #ifndef NODE_STRINGIFY
 #define NODE_STRINGIFY(n) NODE_STRINGIFY_HELPER(n)
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index c1b0b1e437c..76c0c5927e0 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ def build(bld):
         , 'CPPFLAGS'  : " ".join(program.env["CPPFLAGS"]).replace('"', '\\"')
         , 'LIBFLAGS'  : " ".join(program.env["LIBFLAGS"]).replace('"', '\\"')
         , 'PREFIX'    : safe_path(program.env["PREFIX"])
-        , 'VERSION'   : '0.4.3' # FIXME should not be hard-coded, see NODE_VERSION_STRING in src/node_version.
+        , 'VERSION'   : '0.4.4' # FIXME should not be hard-coded, see NODE_VERSION_STRING in src/node_version.
         }
     return x