diff --git a/build/create-cjs-bundle.cjs b/build/create-cjs-bundle.cjs
index e7308cd81..ec19b359c 100644
--- a/build/create-cjs-bundle.cjs
+++ b/build/create-cjs-bundle.cjs
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ const includeList = new Set([
   'blockstore-core',
   'ipfs-unixfs-exporter',
   'ipfs-unixfs-importer',
-  'multiformats'
+  'multiformats',
+  'uint8arrays'
 ]);
 
 // create list of dependencies that we _do not_ want to include in our bundle
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2ee6bad29..368476bb8 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@tbd54566975/dwn-sdk-js",
-  "version": "0.4.3",
+  "version": "0.4.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@tbd54566975/dwn-sdk-js",
-      "version": "0.4.3",
+      "version": "0.4.4",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@ipld/dag-cbor": "9.0.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0f59b2eda..392ef30ac 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@tbd54566975/dwn-sdk-js",
-  "version": "0.4.3",
+  "version": "0.4.4",
   "description": "A reference implementation of https://identity.foundation/decentralized-web-node/spec/",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",