diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3e523b8757..2eae488543 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   useful summary for people upgrading their application, not a replication
   of the commit log.
 
-## Unreleased
+## 44.0.0
 
 * Standardise inverse option for action link component ([PR #4288](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk_publishing_components/pull/4288))
 * **BREAKING:** Remove Modernizr ([PR #4273](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk_publishing_components/pull/4273))
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 38ff4ec1f7..14e57b2dab 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    govuk_publishing_components (43.5.0)
+    govuk_publishing_components (44.0.0)
       govuk_app_config
       govuk_personalisation (>= 0.7.0)
       kramdown
diff --git a/lib/govuk_publishing_components/version.rb b/lib/govuk_publishing_components/version.rb
index af54ad3d7a..f27ab93a5e 100644
--- a/lib/govuk_publishing_components/version.rb
+++ b/lib/govuk_publishing_components/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module GovukPublishingComponents
-  VERSION = "43.5.0".freeze
+  VERSION = "44.0.0".freeze
 end