diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 01dc83d..ea01357 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,9 +5,24 @@ subunit release notes
 NEXT (In development)
 ---------------------
 
+1.4.4 (2023-11-17)
+------------------
+
+BUG FIXES
+~~~~~~~~~
+
 * Removed use of deprecated "utc" and "utcfromtimestamp"
   methods of "datetime.datetime".  (Jake Lishman)
 
+* Fix an issue with date parsing exception handling
+  (Colin Watson)
+
+IMPROVEMENTS
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* Add support for Python 3.12
+  (Matthew Treinish)
+
 1.4.3 (2023-09-17)
 ---------------------
 
diff --git a/python/subunit/__init__.py b/python/subunit/__init__.py
index 8a3a2f8..5328ce5 100644
--- a/python/subunit/__init__.py
+++ b/python/subunit/__init__.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def test_script_two(self):
 # If the releaselevel is 'final', then the tarball will be major.minor.micro.
 # Otherwise it is major.minor.micro~$(revno).
 
-__version__ = (1, 4, 4, 'dev', 0)
+__version__ = (1, 4, 4, 'final', 0)
 
 __all__ = [
     'join_dir',