From ed72dfcc033fd3d058d5bc29ea69c98cd3a635f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "release-please[bot]"
 <55107282+release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 03:16:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] chore(main): release 1.44.0

---
 CHANGELOG.md            | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 google/genai/version.py |  2 +-
 pyproject.toml          |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 64542ceb3..3c4c93a6f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.44.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v1.43.0...v1.44.0) (2025-10-15)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add Imagen EditImage support in Dotnet SDK ([db478f1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/db478f1c3dd194847ba56d725007419c31b93796))
+* Support fully override base_url and raw model name when none of the project, locations, api_key are configured ([160997e](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/160997e7c06d81ef0d9116bdf8043f340e84b141))
+* Support video extension for Veo on Gemini Developer API ([341ea77](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/341ea77f97c6eab50b75c96505141cc10df14880))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Avoid potential dual import confusion in type assert ([9cc4a72](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/9cc4a724053031eeab0e9dcd7ee1f2322045d0e3))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Refresh docs. ([9c8147b](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/9c8147bfd29af8c409589eefdf75a3134f56e5f7))
+
 ## [1.43.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/compare/v1.42.0...v1.43.0) (2025-10-10)
 
 
diff --git a/google/genai/version.py b/google/genai/version.py
index 70b8c7e6c..9036a5220 100644
--- a/google/genai/version.py
+++ b/google/genai/version.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-__version__ = '1.43.0' # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = '1.44.0' # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 394c4a78d..38711c00f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "twine>=6.1.0", "packaging>=24.2", "pkginfo>=
 
 [project]
 name = "google-genai"
-version = "1.43.0"
+version = "1.44.0"
 description = "GenAI Python SDK"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}

From c725b3fe072029acb5f2cdaaff5f5ec5d06842f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Tang <tangmatthew@google.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 20:18:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update CHANGELOG.md

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3c4c93a6f..9896b4a5b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 ### Features
 
-* Add Imagen EditImage support in Dotnet SDK ([db478f1](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/db478f1c3dd194847ba56d725007419c31b93796))
 * Support fully override base_url and raw model name when none of the project, locations, api_key are configured ([160997e](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/160997e7c06d81ef0d9116bdf8043f340e84b141))
 * Support video extension for Veo on Gemini Developer API ([341ea77](https://github.com/googleapis/python-genai/commit/341ea77f97c6eab50b75c96505141cc10df14880))