diff --git a/debian/changelog.Debian b/debian/changelog.Debian
index 645ffd5e..ed877895 100644
--- a/debian/changelog.Debian
+++ b/debian/changelog.Debian
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+pve-manager (4.4-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * make realmselector non-editable
+
+  * fix #1176: sort user/group/realm selector
+
+  * aplinfo.dat: update
+
+  * Add online help for start/shutdown for containers
+
+  * Turn the qemu StartupEdit widget into a generic component
+
+ -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Fri, 09 Dec 2016 10:28:32 +0100
+
 pve-manager (4.3-14) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * fix typo in vmtype check
diff --git a/defines.mk b/defines.mk
index d2f04abc..3aead2e9 100644
--- a/defines.mk
+++ b/defines.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-RELEASE=4.3
+RELEASE=4.4
 
-VERSION=4.3
+VERSION=4.4
 PACKAGE=pve-manager
-PACKAGERELEASE=14
+PACKAGERELEASE=1
 
 BINDIR=${DESTDIR}/usr/bin
 PERLLIBDIR=${DESTDIR}/usr/share/perl5