diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: quarto
 Title: R Interface to 'Quarto' Markdown Publishing System
-Version: 1.4.3.9000
+Version: 1.4.4
 Authors@R: c(
     person("JJ", "Allaire", , "jj@posit.co", role = "aut",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-0174-9868")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# quarto (development version)
+# quarto 1.4.4
 
 - `quarto_preview()` now looks at `quarto preview` log to browse to the correct url when inside RStudio viewer (thanks, @aronatkins, #167).