diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1ae76d10..58164b2f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+.. _release-1.44.0:
+
+1.44.0 - 2020-02-10
+-------------------
+
+* Python 2 is no longer supported :bug:`410`
+* mp4: Fix some infinite loops in the mp4 parser :pr:`429` (:user:`Julien Voisin <jvoisin>`)
+* flac: Fix pickle support for SeekPoint :pr:`428` (:user:`point-source`)
+* aiff: Fix a division by zero :pr:`431` (:user:`Julien Voisin <jvoisin>`)
+* asf: Catch a MemoryError :pr:`432` (:user:`Julien Voisin <jvoisin>`)
+* oggtheora: Fix a division by zero :pr:`430` (:user:`Julien Voisin <jvoisin>`)
+
+
 .. _release-1.43.0:
 
 1.43.0 - 2019-11-17
diff --git a/mutagen/__init__.py b/mutagen/__init__.py
index 080bc420..8e477551 100644
--- a/mutagen/__init__.py
+++ b/mutagen/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 from mutagen._file import FileType, StreamInfo, File
 from mutagen._tags import Tags, Metadata, PaddingInfo
 
-version = (1, 43, 1)
+version = (1, 44, 0)
 """Version tuple."""
 
 version_string = ".".join(map(str, version))