diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index ee4c3e44a..0057b2987 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+CARTO Mobile SDK 4.4.6RC1
+-------------------
+
+### New features:
+
+* Added 'getTimeout', 'setTimeout' methods to 'CartoOnlineTileDataSource', 'MapTilerOnlineTileDataSource' and 'HTTPTileDataSource'
+
+### Changes, fixes:
+
+* Fixed iOS specific issue related to SDK not properly handling 'didBecomeActive' notifications, resulting in MapView not being rendered.
+* Fixed critical synchronization issue on UWP platform related to stopping rendering loop.
+* Fixed flickering issues when MapView was resized on UWP platform.
+* Fix global pattern alignment when using 'polygon-pattern' symbolizer.
+
+
 CARTO Mobile SDK 4.4.5
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/scripts/build/sdk_build_utils.py b/scripts/build/sdk_build_utils.py
index 1ce1fb460..84ecf38e0 100644
--- a/scripts/build/sdk_build_utils.py
+++ b/scripts/build/sdk_build_utils.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import shutil
 import json
 
-SDK_VERSION = '4.4.5'
+SDK_VERSION = '4.4.6'
 
 def makedirs(dir):
   try: