diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5742c23..2696ae8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 CHANGELOG.md
+<a name="4.4.4"></a>
+## [4.4.4](https://github.com/lightstep/lightstep-tracer-python/compare/4.4.3...4.4.4)
+* Format tracebacks with cause
+* Add lightstep.hostname tag
+
 <a name="4.4.3"></a>
 ## [4.4.3](https://github.com/lightstep/lightstep-tracer-python/compare/4.4.1...4.4.3)
 * Update version of Thrift to 0.13.0
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f0f76fb..cbe06cd 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.4.3
\ No newline at end of file
+4.4.4
diff --git a/lightstep/version.py b/lightstep/version.py
index 5d813d0..3d89c4a 100644
--- a/lightstep/version.py
+++ b/lightstep/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-LIGHTSTEP_PYTHON_TRACER_VERSION="4.4.3"
+LIGHTSTEP_PYTHON_TRACER_VERSION="4.4.4"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 93bc1ae..dbadf6f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='lightstep',
-    version='4.4.3',
+    version='4.4.4',
     description='LightStep Python OpenTracing Implementation',
     long_description='',
     author='LightStep',