diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c73a2fdef..701b3e5f1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "chord_metadata_service"  # can be renamed to katsu if inner module directory is renamed too
-version = "4.3.0"
+version = "4.4.0"
 description = "An implementation of a clin/pheno metadata store for the Bento platform."
 authors = [
     "Ksenia Zaytseva",