diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index ba2c5854ee..1ee5dee6dd 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 849d7b5e0b..47fa2d9208 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.44.1 (2024-09-09)
+
+Full Changelog: [v1.44.0...v1.44.1](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/compare/v1.44.0...v1.44.1)
+
+### Chores
+
+* add docstrings to raw response properties ([#1696](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/1696)) ([1d2a19b](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/1d2a19b0e8acab54c35ef2171d33321943488fdc))
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **readme:** add section on determining installed version ([#1697](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/1697)) ([0255735](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/0255735930d9c657c78e85e7f03fd1eb98a1e378))
+* **readme:** improve custom `base_url` example ([#1694](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/issues/1694)) ([05eec8a](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/commit/05eec8a0b7fcdc8651021f2e685214a353b861d1))
+
 ## 1.44.0 (2024-09-06)
 
 Full Changelog: [v1.43.1...v1.44.0](https://github.com/openai/openai-python/compare/v1.43.1...v1.44.0)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5d9d09e7da..d4b7d2b210 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/openai/_version.py b/src/openai/_version.py
index 6be1f93a0f..39c7f63e1e 100644
--- a/src/openai/_version.py
+++ b/src/openai/_version.py
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