diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 69b957e9d8d9d889c8ba94d8cb65b7c944baee7d..4f1402a7fe1412730ac659ab2496c10c907538c7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ include(FindPkgConfig)
 include(cmake/CheckAtomic.cmake)
 
 set (opendht_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
-set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 4.3)
+set (opendht_VERSION_MINOR 4.4)
 set (opendht_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION_MAJOR}.${opendht_VERSION_MINOR})
 set (PACKAGE_VERSION ${opendht_VERSION})
 set (VERSION "${opendht_VERSION}")