diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 4f64b128eb167df8c064cb4f0ba9123daf72af96..44f5712c0c9d11ba83d5498bc238e4477aac75bb 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "license": [
         "GPL-2.0-or-later"
     ],
-    "version": "9.4.3",
+    "version": "9.4.4",
     "support": {
     },
     "repositories": [
diff --git a/ext_emconf.php b/ext_emconf.php
index ea6b60fb79a72a6761ea0d767422b4952b481816..f1c8e2e9aeeca01a9f30628ac539e521aa5b032a 100644
--- a/ext_emconf.php
+++ b/ext_emconf.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ $EM_CONF['sg_news'] = [
 	'modify_tables' => '',
 	'clearCacheOnLoad' => 0,
 	'lockType' => '',
-	'version' => '9.4.3',
+	'version' => '9.4.4',
 	'constraints' => [
 		'depends' => [
 			'typo3' => '9.5.0-10.4.99',