diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index 0f30bd9b4..cf93bad01 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ from fontTools.misc.loggingTools import configLogger
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-version = __version__ = "4.44.1.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "4.44.1"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 5b3519819..9958d80e3 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.44.1 (released 2023-11-14)
+----------------------------
+
 - [feaLib] Ensure variable mark anchors are deep-copied while building since they
   get modified in-place and later reused (#3330).
 - [OS/2|subset] Added method to ``recalcCodePageRanges`` to OS/2 table class; added
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 856e9c5ec..24e62fe3d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.44.1.dev0
+current_version = 4.44.1
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 186e2e811..8023e4559 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ if ext_modules:
 
 setup_params = dict(
     name="fonttools",
-    version="4.44.1.dev0",
+    version="4.44.1",
     description="Tools to manipulate font files",
     author="Just van Rossum",
     author_email="just@letterror.com",