diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index 9953d1e301b41..72439e315fc17 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ python_config_settings()
 # This should be updated along with build_handwritten.yaml
 g_stands_for = "groovy"  # @unused
 
-core_version = "44.0.0"  # @unused
+core_version = "44.1.0"  # @unused
 
 version = "1.68.0-dev"  # @unused
 
diff --git a/build_handwritten.yaml b/build_handwritten.yaml
index 3c0d694d77cf9..c692f3321aa4b 100644
--- a/build_handwritten.yaml
+++ b/build_handwritten.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ settings:
   '#08': Use "-preN" suffixes to identify pre-release versions
   '#09': Per-language overrides are possible with (eg) ruby_version tag here
   '#10': See the expand_version.py for all the quirks here
-  core_version: 44.0.0
+  core_version: 44.1.0
   csharp_major_version: 2
   g_stands_for: groovy
   protobuf_version: 3.28.1