diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index bdaf07d2a..4d8407ff9 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+pyglet 1.4.4
+Bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+- Fixed incorrect glXSwapIntervalEXT arguments for Xlib contexts.
+
 pyglet 1.4.3
 Bugfix release.
 
diff --git a/pyglet/__init__.py b/pyglet/__init__.py
index 17b7c19df..76e8bcbba 100644
--- a/pyglet/__init__.py
+++ b/pyglet/__init__.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 #:    >>> parse_version(pyglet.version) >= parse_version('1.1')
 #:    True
 #:
-version = '1.4.3'
+version = '1.4.4'
 
 # Pyglet platform treats *BSD systems as Linux
 compat_platform = sys.platform
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7d5a9d924..eebf356a3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 # Bump pyglet/__init__.py version as well.
-VERSION = '1.4.3'
+VERSION = '1.4.4'
 
 with open('README.rst') as f:
     long_description = f.read()