diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 05624f429..b01a565ab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 # Changelog 
 
+## 1.44.0
+
+- fix peerstate issues #1800 #1805
+
+- fix a crash related to muted chats #1803
+
+- fix incorrect dimensions sometimes reported for images #1806
+
+- fixed `dc_chat_get_remaining_mute_duration` function #1807
+
+- handle empty tags (e.g. `<br/>`) in HTML mails #1810
+
+- always translate the message about disappearing messages timer change #1813
+
+- improve footer detection in plain text email #1812
+
+- update device chat icon to fix warnings in iOS logs #1802
+
+- fix deletion of multiple messages #1795
+
+
 ## 1.43.0
 
 - improve using own jitsi-servers #1785
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 10fda6690..68b08bea6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.43.0"
+version = "1.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term 0.12.1",
  "anyhow",
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.43.0"
+version = "1.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-std",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2e514400a..025a92291 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.43.0"
+version = "1.44.0"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 1af522bc2..7f10d5e00 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.43.0"
+version = "1.44.0"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2018"
diff --git a/python/CHANGELOG b/python/CHANGELOG
index 5190bfab4..6ef1f434e 100644
--- a/python/CHANGELOG
+++ b/python/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1.44.0
+------
+
+- fix Chat.get_mute_duration()
+
 1.40.1
 ---------------