diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 85e5d3f35..11a8a52e3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include (CheckStructHasMember)
 set (HAVE_CMAKE true)
 
 project (task)
-set (PROJECT_VERSION "2.4.3")
+set (PROJECT_VERSION "2.4.4")
 
 OPTION(USE_GNUTLS "Build gnutls support." ON)
 
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 08dd7f855..b9618a700 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2.4.4 () -
+
+------ current release ---------------------------
+
 2.4.3 (2015-04-19) 499044b9b6bdbc95338ea585204e949d80b24a09
 
 - TW-57   user defined attribute sort order (thanks to Max Muller).
@@ -38,8 +42,6 @@
   + Stops after measuring a fixed-width column format.
   + Reduced number of std::string copies.
 
------- current release ---------------------------
-
 2.4.2 (2015-03-15) b9dc0813d9a8922b4cef9595033f133f9fbabf44
 
 - TW-41   Tasks in subprojects are not counted in project completion (thanks
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 41167cb1e..61bf7ac1e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,31 +1,13 @@
 
-New Features in taskwarrior 2.4.3
+New Features in taskwarrior 2.4.4
 
-  - UDA string attributes with allowable values can now define their sort order.
-  - The 'priority' attribute is now a UDA, configured by default.
+New commands in taskwarrior 2.4.4
 
-New commands in taskwarrior 2.4.3
+New configuration options in taskwarrior 2.4.4
 
-  -
+Newly deprecated features in taskwarrior 2.4.4
 
-New configuration options in taskwarrior 2.4.3
-
-  - Setting 'bulk' to zero is interpreted as infinity, which means there is no
-    amount of changes that is considered dangerous.
-  - The 'urgency.user.keyword.<keyword>.coefficient' setting allows tasks with
-    specific words in the description to have adjusted urgency.
-  - The 'summary.all.projects' setting shows all projects in the 'summary'
-    reportş instead of just those with pending tasks.
-
-Newly deprecated features in taskwarrior 2.4.3
-
-  -
-
-Removed features in 2.4.3
-
-  - The 'priority.long' and 'priority.short' column formats are no longer
-    supported.
-  - The 'default.priority' setting is now 'uda.priority.default'.
+Removed features in 2.4.4
 
 Known Issues