diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5159cde7..cf1c685f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Overview of changes in Sysprof 3.44.0
+=====================================
+
+ * Translation updates
+
 Overview of changes in Sysprof 3.43.90
 ======================================
 
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.Sysprof3.appdata.xml.in b/data/org.gnome.Sysprof3.appdata.xml.in
index 7c7dc00b..d002a426 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.Sysprof3.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.Sysprof3.appdata.xml.in
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
   </provides>
 
   <releases>
+    <release version="3.44.0" date="2022-03-18"/>
     <release version="3.43.90" date="2022-03-07"/>
     <release version="3.42.1" date="2021-11-04"/>
     <release version="3.42.0" date="2021-09-21"/>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 07f3de56..28357822 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('sysprof', 'c',
           license: ['GPL3+', 'GPL2+'],
-          version: '3.43.90',
+          version: '3.44.0',
     meson_version: '>=0.51.0',
   default_options: [ 'c_std=gnu11',
                      'cpp_std=c++11',
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ project('sysprof', 'c',
   ]
 )
 
-symbolic_version = '41.1'
+symbolic_version = '42.0'
 
 gnome = import('gnome')
 pkgconfig = import('pkgconfig')