diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3363b57..76be5ca 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## [2.4.4](https://github.com/onqtam/doctest/tree/2.4.4) (2020-12-25)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/onqtam/doctest/compare/2.4.3...2.4.4)
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Issue with GitHub Security Scanning: gmtime [\#423](https://github.com/onqtam/doctest/issues/423)
+- combine the same tests for different build configurations from multiple shared objects without having symbol clashes [\#436](https://github.com/onqtam/doctest/issues/436)
+
 ## [2.4.3](https://github.com/onqtam/doctest/tree/2.4.3) (2020-12-16)
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/onqtam/doctest/compare/2.4.2...2.4.3)
 
diff --git a/doctest/doctest.h b/doctest/doctest.h
index 615dbee..128fb2f 100644
--- a/doctest/doctest.h
+++ b/doctest/doctest.h
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
 
 #define DOCTEST_VERSION_MAJOR 2
 #define DOCTEST_VERSION_MINOR 4
-#define DOCTEST_VERSION_PATCH 3
-#define DOCTEST_VERSION_STR "2.4.3"
+#define DOCTEST_VERSION_PATCH 4
+#define DOCTEST_VERSION_STR "2.4.4"
 
 #define DOCTEST_VERSION                                                                            \
     (DOCTEST_VERSION_MAJOR * 10000 + DOCTEST_VERSION_MINOR * 100 + DOCTEST_VERSION_PATCH)
diff --git a/doctest/parts/doctest_fwd.h b/doctest/parts/doctest_fwd.h
index d7956b9..9f3552a 100644
--- a/doctest/parts/doctest_fwd.h
+++ b/doctest/parts/doctest_fwd.h
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 
 #define DOCTEST_VERSION_MAJOR 2
 #define DOCTEST_VERSION_MINOR 4
-#define DOCTEST_VERSION_PATCH 3
-#define DOCTEST_VERSION_STR "2.4.3"
+#define DOCTEST_VERSION_PATCH 4
+#define DOCTEST_VERSION_STR "2.4.4"
 
 #define DOCTEST_VERSION                                                                            \
     (DOCTEST_VERSION_MAJOR * 10000 + DOCTEST_VERSION_MINOR * 100 + DOCTEST_VERSION_PATCH)
diff --git a/examples/all_features/test_output/version.txt b/examples/all_features/test_output/version.txt
index 8d852ac..aee2640 100644
--- a/examples/all_features/test_output/version.txt
+++ b/examples/all_features/test_output/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-[doctest] doctest version is "2.4.3"
+[doctest] doctest version is "2.4.4"
diff --git a/examples/all_features/test_output/version_xml.txt b/examples/all_features/test_output/version_xml.txt
index c14f4e8..6550054 100644
--- a/examples/all_features/test_output/version_xml.txt
+++ b/examples/all_features/test_output/version_xml.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<doctest binary="all_features" version="2.4.3">
+<doctest binary="all_features" version="2.4.4">
   <Options order_by="file" rand_seed="324" first="0" last="4294967295" abort_after="0" subcase_filter_levels="2147483647" case_sensitive="false" no_throw="false" no_skip="false"/>
 </doctest>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 26a2b62..40f0ad4 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-project('doctest', ['cpp'], version: '2.4.3', meson_version:'>=0.50')
+project('doctest', ['cpp'], version: '2.4.4', meson_version:'>=0.50')
 doctest_dep = declare_dependency(include_directories: include_directories('doctest'))
diff --git a/scripts/version.txt b/scripts/version.txt
index 6550da6..ab6d278 100644
--- a/scripts/version.txt
+++ b/scripts/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.4.3
\ No newline at end of file
+2.4.4
\ No newline at end of file