diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 98b2931a03c..930f3feea78 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
 #   - docker-tag-stable - re-tags the images made by 'make docker' with the :stable tag
 #   - help-docs - generate the command reference docs
 
-BASE_VERSION = 1.4.3
-PREV_VERSION = 1.4.2
+BASE_VERSION = 1.4.4
+PREV_VERSION = 1.4.3
 CHAINTOOL_RELEASE=1.1.3
 BASEIMAGE_RELEASE=0.4.15
 
diff --git a/common/tools/configtxgen/metadata/metadata.go b/common/tools/configtxgen/metadata/metadata.go
index fd4ef7bd313..ba0e992b336 100644
--- a/common/tools/configtxgen/metadata/metadata.go
+++ b/common/tools/configtxgen/metadata/metadata.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Package version
-const Version = "1.4.3"
+const Version = "1.4.4"
 
 var CommitSHA string
 
diff --git a/common/tools/configtxlator/metadata/metadata.go b/common/tools/configtxlator/metadata/metadata.go
index 21157a35ab2..6ecfac259e0 100644
--- a/common/tools/configtxlator/metadata/metadata.go
+++ b/common/tools/configtxlator/metadata/metadata.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 // package-scoped variables
 
 // Package version
-const Version = "1.4.3"
+const Version = "1.4.4"
 
 var CommitSHA string
 
diff --git a/common/tools/cryptogen/metadata/metadata.go b/common/tools/cryptogen/metadata/metadata.go
index 70eb6cbc408..9c972136d2d 100644
--- a/common/tools/cryptogen/metadata/metadata.go
+++ b/common/tools/cryptogen/metadata/metadata.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 // package-scoped variables
 
 // Package version
-const Version = "1.4.3"
+const Version = "1.4.4"
 
 var CommitSHA string
 
diff --git a/common/tools/idemixgen/metadata/metadata.go b/common/tools/idemixgen/metadata/metadata.go
index 9dd948b0eee..a3f2f68848c 100644
--- a/common/tools/idemixgen/metadata/metadata.go
+++ b/common/tools/idemixgen/metadata/metadata.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Package version
-const Version = "1.4.3"
+const Version = "1.4.4"
 
 var CommitSHA string