diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 694d3b79..68f621e7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "routstr"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 description = "Payment proxy for your LLM endpoint using cashu and nostr."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
diff --git a/routstr/core/version.py b/routstr/core/version.py
index e66e645e..30ee4c6c 100644
--- a/routstr/core/version.py
+++ b/routstr/core/version.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import subprocess
 from functools import lru_cache
 from pathlib import Path
 
-BASE_VERSION = "0.4.3"
+BASE_VERSION = "0.4.4"
 
 _REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
 _GIT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 2.0