diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 3461e1904..be52a5bc0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 ChangeLog :
 ===========
 
+2010/04/07 : 1.4.4
+    - [BUG] appsession should match the whole cookie name
+    - [CLEANUP] proxy: move PR_O_SSL3_CHK to options2 to release one flag
+    - [MEDIUM] backend: move the transparent proxy address selection to backend
+    - [MINOR] add very fast IP parsing functions
+    - [MINOR] add new tproxy flags for dynamic source address binding
+    - [MEDIUM] add ability to connect to a server from an IP found in a header
+    - [BUILD] config: last patch breaks build without CONFIG_HAP_LINUX_TPROXY
+    - [MINOR] http: make it possible to pretend keep-alive when doing close
+    - [MINOR] config: report "default-server" instead of "(null)" in error messages
+
 2010/03/30 : 1.4.3
     - [CLEANUP] stats: remove printf format warning in stats_dump_full_sess_to_buffer()
     - [MEDIUM] session: better fix for connection to servers with closed input
diff --git a/VERDATE b/VERDATE
index 8f16b1a03..9b4675731 100644
--- a/VERDATE
+++ b/VERDATE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2010/03/30
+2010/04/07
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 428b770e3..1c99cf0e8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.4.3
+1.4.4
diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 2b980d5a3..e1d5b719a 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
                                  HAProxy
                           Configuration Manual
                          ----------------------
-                             version 1.4.3
+                             version 1.4.4
                              willy tarreau
-                              2010/03/30
+                              2010/04/07
 
 
 This document covers the configuration language as implemented in the version
diff --git a/examples/haproxy.spec b/examples/haproxy.spec
index 1a8c5a3b3..c9de49425 100644
--- a/examples/haproxy.spec
+++ b/examples/haproxy.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Summary: HA-Proxy is a TCP/HTTP reverse proxy for high availability environments
 Name: haproxy
-Version: 1.4.3
+Version: 1.4.4
 Release: 1
 License: GPL
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ fi
 %attr(0755,root,root) %config %{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr  7 2010 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
+- updated to 1.4.4
+
 * Tue Mar 30 2010 Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
 - updated to 1.4.3