diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 09637ce..05044ea 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ project(cJSON C)
 
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR 4)
-set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 3)
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 4)
 set(CJSON_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(CJSON_UTILS_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}")
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e0805d2..d1eb520 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ UTILS_TEST_SRC = cJSON.c cJSON_Utils.c test_utils.c
 
 LDLIBS = -lm
 
-LIBVERSION = 1.4.3
+LIBVERSION = 1.4.4
 CJSON_SOVERSION = 1
 UTILS_SOVERSION = 1
 
diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index 792744b..62ce91c 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(const char *) cJSON_GetErrorPtr(void)
 }
 
 /* This is a safeguard to prevent copy-pasters from using incompatible C and header files */
-#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 4) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 3)
+#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 4) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 4)
     #error cJSON.h and cJSON.c have different versions. Make sure that both have the same.
 #endif
 
diff --git a/cJSON.h b/cJSON.h
index 3eb3908..83733dd 100644
--- a/cJSON.h
+++ b/cJSON.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ extern "C"
 /* project version */
 #define CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define CJSON_VERSION_MINOR 4
-#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 3
+#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 4
 
 #include <stddef.h>