diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 781a3d88..5160e366 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ Starting with v1.31.6, this file will contain a record of major features and upd
 
 ## Upcoming
 
+## Release 4.4.0 (June 10, 2024)
+
 - Added `%reset_graph` line magic ([Link to PR](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/610))
-- Added `%get_graph` line magic and enabled `%status` for Neptune Analytics ([Link to PR](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/611))
+- Added `%get_graph` line magic, support `%status` for Neptune Analytics ([Link to PR](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/611))
 - Added `%%oc --plan-cache` support for Neptune DB ([Link to PR](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/613))
 - Upgraded to Gremlin-Python 3.7 ([Link to PR](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook/pull/597))
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 804ec13e..d92f86c1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ python3 setup.py bdist_wheel
 
 You should now be able to find the built distribution at
 
-`./dist/graph_notebook-4.3.1-py3-none-any.whl`
+`./dist/graph_notebook-4.4.0-py3-none-any.whl`
 
 And use it by following the [installation](https://github.com/aws/graph-notebook#installation) steps, replacing
 
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ pip install graph-notebook
 with
 
 ``` python
-pip install ./dist/graph_notebook-4.3.1-py3-none-any.whl
+pip install ./dist/graph_notebook-4.4.0-py3-none-any.whl
 ```
 
 ## Contributing Guidelines
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c4a54e26..250105b8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ nbclient<=0.7.0
 jupyter-contrib-nbextensions<=0.7.0
 widgetsnbextension<=3.6.1
 gremlinpython>=3.5.1,<=3.7.2
-requests>=2.27.0,<=2.31.0
+requests>=2.32.0,<=2.32.2
 ipython>=7.16.1,<=8.10.0
 ipykernel==5.3.4
 ipyfilechooser==0.6.0
diff --git a/src/graph_notebook/__init__.py b/src/graph_notebook/__init__.py
index a06b4be6..08315cbc 100644
--- a/src/graph_notebook/__init__.py
+++ b/src/graph_notebook/__init__.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 """
 
-__version__ = '4.3.1'
+__version__ = '4.4.0'
diff --git a/src/graph_notebook/widgets/package.json b/src/graph_notebook/widgets/package.json
index 37437d47..373c3495 100644
--- a/src/graph_notebook/widgets/package.json
+++ b/src/graph_notebook/widgets/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "graph_notebook_widgets",
-  "version": "4.3.1",
+  "version": "4.4.0",
   "author": "amazon",
   "description": "A Custom Jupyter Library for rendering NetworkX MultiDiGraphs using vis-network",
   "dependencies": {