diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 320b1d119..94651c155 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [2.4.4](https://github.com/IBM/node-sdk-core/compare/v2.4.3...v2.4.4) (2020-08-06)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* use `extend` with deep copy where necessary ([#106](https://github.com/IBM/node-sdk-core/issues/106)) ([566b81f](https://github.com/IBM/node-sdk-core/commit/566b81ffea3e88d148d1a7471b01e436432efb75))
+
 ## [2.4.3](https://github.com/IBM/node-sdk-core/compare/v2.4.2...v2.4.3) (2020-08-05)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c928185e1..8b49d0396 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ibm-cloud-sdk-core",
-  "version": "2.4.3",
+  "version": "2.4.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 39c93899b..01fb7ba38 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ibm-cloud-sdk-core",
-  "version": "2.4.3",
+  "version": "2.4.4",
   "description": "Core functionality to support SDKs generated with IBM's OpenAPI 3 SDK Generator.",
   "main": "./dist/index",
   "repository": {