diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index ef89de7cec..f5024b29e3 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1.4.4.pre5 to 1.4.4:
+  - Add 2021 validation campaigns. (Todor Ivanov) #10210
+
+
 1.4.4.pre4 to 1.4.4.pre5:
   - MSTransferor: do not consider Rucio blocks with 0 or None size (Alan Malta Rodrigues) #10205
   - Stop trying to resolve StepChain parentage for workflows in normal-archived (Alan Malta Rodrigues) #10201
diff --git a/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py b/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
index 38c2c388a3..c840d8124a 100644
--- a/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
+++ b/src/python/WMCore/__init__.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = '1.4.4.pre5'
+__version__ = '1.4.4'
 __all__ = []