diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 8f96fca2..b6d91387 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
                              https://glvis.org
 
 
-Version 4.3.3 (development)
-===========================
+
+Version 4.4 released on May XX, 2025
+====================================
 
 - Added more flexible representations for color palette and textures, enabling
   specification at both compile and run time. Run time palettes are specified
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 40dff310..623a34a9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
-<a href="https://github.com/GLVis/glvis/releases/latest"><img alt="Release" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/release-v4.3.2-success.svg"></a>
+<a href="https://github.com/GLVis/glvis/releases/latest"><img alt="Release" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/release-v4.4-success.svg"></a>
 <a href="https://github.com/GLVis/glvis/actions/workflows/builds.yml"><img alt="Build" src="https://github.com/GLVis/glvis/actions/workflows/builds.yml/badge.svg"></a>
 <a href="https://github.com/glvis/glvis/blob/master/LICENSE"><img alt="License" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-BSD-success.svg"></a>
 <a href="https://glvis.github.io/doxygen/html/index.html"><img alt="Doxygen" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/code-documented-success.svg"></a>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a8c05f5c..ee4c3dee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
                              https://glvis.org
 
-<a href="https://github.com/GLVis/glvis/releases/latest"><img alt="Release" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/release-v4.3.2-success.svg"></a>
+<a href="https://github.com/GLVis/glvis/releases/latest"><img alt="Release" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/release-v4.4-success.svg"></a>
 <a href="https://github.com/GLVis/glvis/actions/workflows/builds.yml"><img alt="Build" src="https://github.com/GLVis/glvis/actions/workflows/builds.yml/badge.svg"></a>
 <a href="https://github.com/glvis/glvis/blob/master/LICENSE"><img alt="License" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-BSD-success.svg"></a>
 <a href="https://glvis.github.io/doxygen/html/index.html"><img alt="Doxygen" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/code-documented-success.svg"></a>
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index 6a041195..52846354 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vcpkg/master/scripts/vcpkg.schema.json",
   "name": "glvis",
-  "version": "4.3.2",
+  "version": "4.4",
   "dependencies": [
     "fontconfig",
     "freetype",