diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3af1061cad7..961fe048636 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ final sparkVersion = System.getProperty('spark.version', '2.4.5')
 final scalaVersion = System.getProperty('scala.version', '2.11')
 final hadoopVersion = System.getProperty('hadoop.version', '3.2.1')
 final disqVersion = System.getProperty('disq.version','0.3.6')
-final genomicsdbVersion = System.getProperty('genomicsdb.version','1.4.3')
+final genomicsdbVersion = System.getProperty('genomicsdb.version','1.4.4')
 final bigQueryVersion = System.getProperty('bigQuery.version', '2.9.0')
 final guavaVersion = System.getProperty('guava.version', '31.0.1-jre')
 final log4j2Version = System.getProperty('log4j2Version', '2.17.1')