diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index d1ccfc21..829a7cce 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+0.44 2024-07-12
+    - [security] Dependencies updated
+
 0.43 2024-06-11
     - [feature] Support opProx in C2 (bodmer)
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6a14cea7..00310b5e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>de.ids-mannheim.korap.koral</groupId>
 	<artifactId>Koral</artifactId>
-	<version>0.43.0</version>
+	<version>0.44.0</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>Koral</name>
 	<url>https://korap.ids-mannheim.de</url>