diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d0a3d203..0267d08f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# 1.4.4-RC2
+
+- Upgrade many dependencies to recent versions
+- Migrate from "Tool calls" to "Function calls" terminology, deprecated OpenAIFunctionToolCall
+- Refactored Data storage area to be more extensible and added Oracle Database support (Thank you to the contributors
+  from Oracle for the contribution)
+
 # 1.4.4-RC1
 
 - Add Agent framework abstractions.
@@ -25,7 +32,8 @@
 # 1.4.0
 
 - Upgrade to azure-ai-openai 1.0.0-beta.12
-- Add vector stores with vector search support for Azure AI Search, Redis, JDBC with Postgres, MySQL, SQLite and HSQLDB. Moving these features out of the experimental stage.
+- Add vector stores with vector search support for Azure AI Search, Redis, JDBC with Postgres, MySQL, SQLite and HSQLDB.
+  Moving these features out of the experimental stage.
 
 # 1.3.0
 
diff --git a/agents/semantickernel-agents-core/pom.xml b/agents/semantickernel-agents-core/pom.xml
index cafee140..1270d00d 100644
--- a/agents/semantickernel-agents-core/pom.xml
+++ b/agents/semantickernel-agents-core/pom.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/aiservices/google/pom.xml b/aiservices/google/pom.xml
index 390c3bc1..145ee549 100644
--- a/aiservices/google/pom.xml
+++ b/aiservices/google/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/aiservices/huggingface/pom.xml b/aiservices/huggingface/pom.xml
index 4ce69b95..152aba54 100644
--- a/aiservices/huggingface/pom.xml
+++ b/aiservices/huggingface/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/aiservices/openai/pom.xml b/aiservices/openai/pom.xml
index 04b31ca3..992629a4 100644
--- a/aiservices/openai/pom.xml
+++ b/aiservices/openai/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/api-test/integration-tests/pom.xml b/api-test/integration-tests/pom.xml
index 94e577f1..862cc518 100644
--- a/api-test/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/api-test/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>api-test</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/api-test/pom.xml b/api-test/pom.xml
index 6ad2288d..587dfe5b 100644
--- a/api-test/pom.xml
+++ b/api-test/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/data/semantickernel-data-azureaisearch/pom.xml b/data/semantickernel-data-azureaisearch/pom.xml
index 038cc038..e9db7daa 100644
--- a/data/semantickernel-data-azureaisearch/pom.xml
+++ b/data/semantickernel-data-azureaisearch/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/data/semantickernel-data-hsqldb/pom.xml b/data/semantickernel-data-hsqldb/pom.xml
index 42245185..1cd33179 100644
--- a/data/semantickernel-data-hsqldb/pom.xml
+++ b/data/semantickernel-data-hsqldb/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/data/semantickernel-data-jdbc/pom.xml b/data/semantickernel-data-jdbc/pom.xml
index f1e62c6a..077d4da6 100644
--- a/data/semantickernel-data-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/data/semantickernel-data-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
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         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
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diff --git a/data/semantickernel-data-mysql/pom.xml b/data/semantickernel-data-mysql/pom.xml
index 899f1f2a..3d6d40e6 100644
--- a/data/semantickernel-data-mysql/pom.xml
+++ b/data/semantickernel-data-mysql/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/data/semantickernel-data-oracle/pom.xml b/data/semantickernel-data-oracle/pom.xml
index aa953870..9971679b 100644
--- a/data/semantickernel-data-oracle/pom.xml
+++ b/data/semantickernel-data-oracle/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/data/semantickernel-data-postgres/pom.xml b/data/semantickernel-data-postgres/pom.xml
index 56e65685..8f22241d 100644
--- a/data/semantickernel-data-postgres/pom.xml
+++ b/data/semantickernel-data-postgres/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
           <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
           <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-          <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
          <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
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diff --git a/data/semantickernel-data-redis/pom.xml b/data/semantickernel-data-redis/pom.xml
index 4af2dc6a..de2f60ee 100644
--- a/data/semantickernel-data-redis/pom.xml
+++ b/data/semantickernel-data-redis/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
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diff --git a/data/semantickernel-data-sqlite/pom.xml b/data/semantickernel-data-sqlite/pom.xml
index 64b4a6db..fc4d8018 100644
--- a/data/semantickernel-data-sqlite/pom.xml
+++ b/data/semantickernel-data-sqlite/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
           <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
           <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-          <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
           <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6319235d..8399f1c7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
     <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <url>https://www.github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel</url>
diff --git a/samples/pom.xml b/samples/pom.xml
index 30246ab2..d2bea638 100644
--- a/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
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         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
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diff --git a/samples/semantickernel-concepts/pom.xml b/samples/semantickernel-concepts/pom.xml
index 1018e6c6..0b51d125 100644
--- a/samples/semantickernel-concepts/pom.xml
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
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-        <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
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diff --git a/samples/semantickernel-concepts/semantickernel-syntax-examples/pom.xml b/samples/semantickernel-concepts/semantickernel-syntax-examples/pom.xml
index 81e477c9..bd5b298c 100644
--- a/samples/semantickernel-concepts/semantickernel-syntax-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/semantickernel-concepts/semantickernel-syntax-examples/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
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diff --git a/samples/semantickernel-demos/booking-agent-m365/pom.xml b/samples/semantickernel-demos/booking-agent-m365/pom.xml
index 3f5a9a3f..60bc7ffb 100644
--- a/samples/semantickernel-demos/booking-agent-m365/pom.xml
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diff --git a/samples/semantickernel-demos/pom.xml b/samples/semantickernel-demos/pom.xml
index af125132..c19477a7 100644
--- a/samples/semantickernel-demos/pom.xml
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
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diff --git a/samples/semantickernel-demos/semantickernel-spring-starter/pom.xml b/samples/semantickernel-demos/semantickernel-spring-starter/pom.xml
index 18ee76ae..d7755a11 100644
--- a/samples/semantickernel-demos/semantickernel-spring-starter/pom.xml
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
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diff --git a/samples/semantickernel-demos/sk-presidio-sample/pom.xml b/samples/semantickernel-demos/sk-presidio-sample/pom.xml
index 4427cf20..079b5af0 100644
--- a/samples/semantickernel-demos/sk-presidio-sample/pom.xml
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diff --git a/samples/semantickernel-learn-resources/pom.xml b/samples/semantickernel-learn-resources/pom.xml
index 4b41f13a..8d5130b2 100644
--- a/samples/semantickernel-learn-resources/pom.xml
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diff --git a/samples/semantickernel-sample-plugins/pom.xml b/samples/semantickernel-sample-plugins/pom.xml
index ee30ae29..0abacea7 100644
--- a/samples/semantickernel-sample-plugins/pom.xml
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@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
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-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
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diff --git a/samples/semantickernel-sample-plugins/semantickernel-openapi-plugin/pom.xml b/samples/semantickernel-sample-plugins/semantickernel-openapi-plugin/pom.xml
index 0c88458e..f0b57642 100644
--- a/samples/semantickernel-sample-plugins/semantickernel-openapi-plugin/pom.xml
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diff --git a/samples/semantickernel-sample-plugins/semantickernel-presidio-plugin/pom.xml b/samples/semantickernel-sample-plugins/semantickernel-presidio-plugin/pom.xml
index 37c49ebc..10326e6e 100644
--- a/samples/semantickernel-sample-plugins/semantickernel-presidio-plugin/pom.xml
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diff --git a/samples/semantickernel-sample-plugins/semantickernel-text-splitter-plugin/pom.xml b/samples/semantickernel-sample-plugins/semantickernel-text-splitter-plugin/pom.xml
index be88deb6..1bf80430 100644
--- a/samples/semantickernel-sample-plugins/semantickernel-text-splitter-plugin/pom.xml
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diff --git a/semantickernel-api-ai-services/pom.xml b/semantickernel-api-ai-services/pom.xml
index 9b4d76f6..6187b56b 100644
--- a/semantickernel-api-ai-services/pom.xml
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@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
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-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
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-          <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
           <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/semantickernel-api-builders/pom.xml b/semantickernel-api-builders/pom.xml
index 5bc0e11b..be51b46f 100644
--- a/semantickernel-api-builders/pom.xml
+++ b/semantickernel-api-builders/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
diff --git a/semantickernel-api-data/pom.xml b/semantickernel-api-data/pom.xml
index 822b7c57..13bd1993 100644
--- a/semantickernel-api-data/pom.xml
+++ b/semantickernel-api-data/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
           <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
           <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-          <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
           <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/semantickernel-api-exceptions/pom.xml b/semantickernel-api-exceptions/pom.xml
index b459db13..b07b001c 100644
--- a/semantickernel-api-exceptions/pom.xml
+++ b/semantickernel-api-exceptions/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
           <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
           <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-          <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
           <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/semantickernel-api-localization/pom.xml b/semantickernel-api-localization/pom.xml
index 84be7960..f1c3c246 100644
--- a/semantickernel-api-localization/pom.xml
+++ b/semantickernel-api-localization/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
           <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
           <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-          <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
           <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/semantickernel-api-textembedding-services/pom.xml b/semantickernel-api-textembedding-services/pom.xml
index 48a524ed..eb839135 100644
--- a/semantickernel-api-textembedding-services/pom.xml
+++ b/semantickernel-api-textembedding-services/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
           <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
           <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-          <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
           <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/semantickernel-api/pom.xml b/semantickernel-api/pom.xml
index 2463ec77..ace57557 100644
--- a/semantickernel-api/pom.xml
+++ b/semantickernel-api/pom.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml b/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml
index f88dd038..372e04c1 100644
--- a/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/semantickernel-bom/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
     <artifactId>semantickernel-bom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>Semantic Kernel Java BOM</name>
diff --git a/semantickernel-experimental/pom.xml b/semantickernel-experimental/pom.xml
index 538c9498..5cdbd534 100644
--- a/semantickernel-experimental/pom.xml
+++ b/semantickernel-experimental/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.semantic-kernel</groupId>
         <artifactId>semantickernel-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.4-RC2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.4.4-RC3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>semantickernel-experimental</artifactId>