diff --git a/src/libprs500/__init__.py b/src/libprs500/__init__.py
index 2e1e9e3912..3371382899 100644
--- a/src/libprs500/__init__.py
+++ b/src/libprs500/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 __license__   = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2008, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
 ''' E-book management software'''
-__version__   = "0.4.43"
+__version__   = "0.4.44"
 __docformat__ = "epytext"
 __author__    = "Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>"
 __appname__   = 'libprs500'