diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c727dcf5..6362c289d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.6.0 FATAL_ERROR )
 
-project( magics VERSION 4.4.1 LANGUAGES CXX )
+project( magics VERSION 4.4.3 LANGUAGES CXX )
 
 # make sure that the header files are installed into include/magics
 # note that this needs to be done before ecbuild_declare_project()