diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 02c3a295..3399511a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 
 set (ZINT_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
 set (ZINT_VERSION_MINOR 4)
-set (ZINT_VERSION_RELEASE 3)
+set (ZINT_VERSION_RELEASE 4)
 set (ZINT_VERSION "${ZINT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${ZINT_VERSION_MINOR}.${ZINT_VERSION_RELEASE}" )
 
 add_definitions (-DZINT_VERSION=\"${ZINT_VERSION}\" -Wall)
diff --git a/backend/Makefile b/backend/Makefile
index 1b91990b..d94c23af 100644
--- a/backend/Makefile
+++ b/backend/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # make clean		cleans up a previous compilation and any object or editor files
 #
 
-ZINT_VERSION:=-DZINT_VERSION=\"2.4.2\"
+ZINT_VERSION:=-DZINT_VERSION=\"2.4.4\"
 
 
 CC := gcc
diff --git a/frontend/Makefile b/frontend/Makefile
index 2d338c9b..f3e6fc69 100644
--- a/frontend/Makefile
+++ b/frontend/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # make clean		cleans up a previous compilation and any object or editor files
 #
 
-ZINT_VERSION:=-DZINT_VERSION=\"2.4.2\"
+ZINT_VERSION:=-DZINT_VERSION=\"2.4.4\"
 
 CC := gcc
 INCLUDE := -I/usr/include
diff --git a/frontend/Makefile.mingw b/frontend/Makefile.mingw
index 859ac02e..a4fbd536 100644
--- a/frontend/Makefile.mingw
+++ b/frontend/Makefile.mingw
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # make clean		cleans up a previous compilation and any object or editor files
 #
 
-ZINT_VERSION:=-DZINT_VERSION=\"2.3.2\"
+ZINT_VERSION:=-DZINT_VERSION=\"2.4.4\"
 
 CC := gcc
 CFLAGS := -D_WIN32 -O2 -fms-extensions -mms-bitfields -fno-exceptions -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall -I../backend
diff --git a/win32/libzint.vcproj b/win32/libzint.vcproj
index 743710bb..f7344b82 100644
--- a/win32/libzint.vcproj
+++ b/win32/libzint.vcproj
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="d:\opt\include"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_WARNINGS;ZINT_VERSION="\"2.4.0\"";BUILD_ZINT_DLL;ZLIB_DLL;PNG_DLL"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_WARNINGS;ZINT_VERSION="\"2.4.4\"";BUILD_ZINT_DLL;ZLIB_DLL;PNG_DLL"
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
 				ExceptionHandling="0"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 				Optimization="2"
 				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="false"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="d:\opt\include"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_WARNINGS;ZINT_VERSION="\"2.4.0\"";BUILD_ZINT_DLL;ZLIB_DLL;PNG_DLL"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_WARNINGS;ZINT_VERSION="\"2.4.4\"";BUILD_ZINT_DLL;ZLIB_DLL;PNG_DLL"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				ExceptionHandling="0"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
 				Optimization="2"
 				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="false"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="d:\opt\include"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_WARNINGS;ZINT_VERSION="\"2.4.0\"""
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_WARNINGS;ZINT_VERSION="\"2.4.4\"""
 				StringPooling="true"
 				ExceptionHandling="0"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
diff --git a/zint.spec b/zint.spec
index df635f75..3f0502ca 100644
--- a/zint.spec
+++ b/zint.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:      zint
-Version:   2.4.3
+Version:   2.4.4
 Release:   2%{?dist}
 Summary:   A barcode generator and library
 License:   GPLv3+