diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aa71f084b..b617bf063 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
 
 - lua: fix compilation on Fedora with Lua < 5.2.0 ([#2173](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/2173), [#2174](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/2174))
 
+## Version 4.4.1 (2024-08-19)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- lua: fix compilation on Fedora with Lua < 5.2.0 ([#2173](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/2173), [#2174](https://github.com/weechat/weechat/issues/2174))
+
 ## Version 4.4.0 (2024-08-17)
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index f677ee6ed..a4b0bc2cf 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #     devel-number   the devel version as hex number ("0x04010000" for "4.1.0-dev")
 #
 
-weechat_stable="4.4.0"
+weechat_stable="4.4.1"
 weechat_devel="4.5.0-dev"
 
 stable_major=$(echo "${weechat_stable}" | cut -d"." -f1)