diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index edf452f73..70f9be750 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.44.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/compare/v1.43.3...v1.44.0) (2024-01-23)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add isShutdown in HttpTransport ([#1901](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/issues/1901)) ([be00ce1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/commit/be00ce1ef1873d3b80830966ddb83097e460601d))
+* Setup 1.43.x lts branch ([#1869](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/issues/1869)) ([13edd13](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/commit/13edd1357eb79535d943f5288ab3adf4d9dfb52a))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Native image configs for google-http-java-client ([#1893](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/issues/1893)) ([1acedf7](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/commit/1acedf75368f11ab03e5f84dd2c58a8a8a662d41))
+* SerialVersionUID fix for Serializable Classes ([#1883](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/issues/1883)) ([f390020](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/commit/f39002001bd666cb1eb839d54454aa742638f642))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Newer grpc-context to override old one ([#1916](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/issues/1916)) ([f23e9b1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/commit/f23e9b1c549b0a0668f433729eea846385ea822c))
+* Testing exlcusing commons-logging ([#1905](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/issues/1905)) ([8e3f4d5](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/commit/8e3f4d50fbaa93bfada9e20c67293a63a64e68f9))
+* Update dependency com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations to v2.23.0 ([#1887](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/issues/1887)) ([ce5dbfc](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/commit/ce5dbfc68c2cca989f57468a5a915cf9411267bb))
+* Update project.appengine.version to v2.0.24 ([#1889](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/issues/1889)) ([0091413](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/commit/00914131afe5b12c14e472ee0a88ff298374965b))
+
 ## [1.43.3](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client/compare/v1.43.2...v1.43.3) (2023-06-21)
 
 
diff --git a/google-http-client-android-test/pom.xml b/google-http-client-android-test/pom.xml
index 491108b12..a9f67cba0 100644
--- a/google-http-client-android-test/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-android-test/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>google-http-client</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-android-test</artifactId>
   <name>Test project for google-http-client-android.</name>
-  <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android-test:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android-test:current} -->
   <packaging>apk</packaging>
 
   <build>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-http-client-android</artifactId>
-      <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
+      <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>android</artifactId>
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-http-client-test</artifactId>
-      <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
+      <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/google-http-client-android/pom.xml b/google-http-client-android/pom.xml
index 9a598666b..6dfcd1daf 100644
--- a/google-http-client-android/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-android/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-android</artifactId>
-  <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
   <name>Android Platform Extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-apache-v2/pom.xml b/google-http-client-apache-v2/pom.xml
index 654f3de9e..4c9a9cf90 100644
--- a/google-http-client-apache-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-apache-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-apache-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v2:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v2:current} -->
   <name>Apache HTTP transport v2 for the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-appengine/pom.xml b/google-http-client-appengine/pom.xml
index 16d872f59..3899d52b0 100644
--- a/google-http-client-appengine/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-appengine/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-appengine</artifactId>
-  <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-appengine:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-appengine:current} -->
   <name>Google App Engine extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-assembly/pom.xml b/google-http-client-assembly/pom.xml
index f8f11bb39..da704e88e 100644
--- a/google-http-client-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-assembly</artifactId>
-  <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-assembly:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-assembly:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Assembly for the Google HTTP Client Library for Java</name>
 
diff --git a/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml b/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml
index f991ef8cd..94bcc5674 100644
--- a/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-bom:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-bom:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>Google HTTP Client Library for Java BOM</name>
@@ -63,52 +63,52 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
-        <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client:current} -->
+        <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-android</artifactId>
-        <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
+        <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-android:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-apache-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v2:current} -->
+        <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-apache-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-appengine</artifactId>
-        <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-appengine:current} -->
+        <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-appengine:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-findbugs</artifactId>
-        <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-findbugs:current} -->
+        <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-findbugs:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-gson</artifactId>
-        <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-gson:current} -->
+        <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-gson:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson2</artifactId>
-        <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-jackson2:current} -->
+        <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-jackson2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-protobuf</artifactId>
-        <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-protobuf:current} -->
+        <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-protobuf:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-test</artifactId>
-        <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
+        <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-http-client-xml</artifactId>
-        <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-xml:current} -->
+        <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-xml:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-http-client-findbugs/pom.xml b/google-http-client-findbugs/pom.xml
index d3db2594b..0141b7b99 100644
--- a/google-http-client-findbugs/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-findbugs/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-findbugs</artifactId>
-  <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-findbugs:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-findbugs:current} -->
   <name>Google APIs Client Library Findbugs custom plugin.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-gson/pom.xml b/google-http-client-gson/pom.xml
index 7065d13c2..38c014beb 100644
--- a/google-http-client-gson/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-gson/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-gson</artifactId>
-  <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-gson:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-gson:current} -->
   <name>GSON extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-jackson2/pom.xml b/google-http-client-jackson2/pom.xml
index 3d65a2046..3ffe04466 100644
--- a/google-http-client-jackson2/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-jackson2/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-jackson2</artifactId>
-  <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-jackson2:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-jackson2:current} -->
   <name>Jackson 2 extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-protobuf/pom.xml b/google-http-client-protobuf/pom.xml
index e341d4c9c..1c79dd9a9 100644
--- a/google-http-client-protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-protobuf</artifactId>
-  <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-protobuf:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-protobuf:current} -->
   <name>Protocol Buffer extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-test/pom.xml b/google-http-client-test/pom.xml
index 577606012..d654e2aa8 100644
--- a/google-http-client-test/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-test/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-test</artifactId>
-  <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-test:current} -->
   <name>Shared classes used for testing of artifacts in the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client-xml/pom.xml b/google-http-client-xml/pom.xml
index ea84b12ee..61c097239 100644
--- a/google-http-client-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-xml/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-xml</artifactId>
-  <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-xml:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-xml:current} -->
   <name>XML extensions to the Google HTTP Client Library for Java.</name>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/google-http-client/pom.xml b/google-http-client/pom.xml
index ddfdf170d..14b1058fa 100644
--- a/google-http-client/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>google-http-client</artifactId>
-  <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client:current} -->
   <name>Google HTTP Client Library for Java</name>
   <description>
     Google HTTP Client Library for Java. Functionality that works on all supported Java platforms,
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 323463bd4..620400a1f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+  <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Parent for the Google HTTP Client Library for Java</name>
   <description>Google HTTP Client Library for Java</description>
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@
       - google-api-java-client/google-api-client-assembly/android-properties (make the filenames match the version here)
       - Internally, update the default features.json file
     -->
-    <project.http-client.version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</project.http-client.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <project.http-client.version>1.44.0</project.http-client.version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <project.appengine.version>2.0.24</project.appengine.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.jsr305.version>3.0.2</project.jsr305.version>
diff --git a/samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample/pom.xml b/samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample/pom.xml
index 65e8e36ca..39d02f737 100644
--- a/samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.http-client</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-http-client-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.43.4-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
+    <version>1.44.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-http-client-parent:current} -->
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>dailymotion-simple-cmdline-sample</artifactId>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index ec8f500d1..e7e9d0636 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-http-client:1.43.3:1.43.4-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-bom:1.43.3:1.43.4-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-parent:1.43.3:1.43.4-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-android:1.43.3:1.43.4-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-android-test:1.43.3:1.43.4-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-apache-v2:1.43.3:1.43.4-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-appengine:1.43.3:1.43.4-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-assembly:1.43.3:1.43.4-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-findbugs:1.43.3:1.43.4-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-gson:1.43.3:1.43.4-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-jackson2:1.43.3:1.43.4-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-protobuf:1.43.3:1.43.4-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-test:1.43.3:1.43.4-SNAPSHOT
-google-http-client-xml:1.43.3:1.43.4-SNAPSHOT
+google-http-client:1.44.0:1.44.0
+google-http-client-bom:1.44.0:1.44.0
+google-http-client-parent:1.44.0:1.44.0
+google-http-client-android:1.44.0:1.44.0
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