diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a4c4b5cfdb..0e0a37cc02 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## [22.44.1] - 2/11/2024
+
+### Fixes
+
+* Fix File::Exists(file_name) to be resilient to Chinese characters ([#4058](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/4058)) @Akkadius 2024-02-11
+
 ## [22.44.0] - 2/10/2024
 
 ### Base Data
diff --git a/common/version.h b/common/version.h
index 36cafbf7d0..d2fbbe9fc9 100644
--- a/common/version.h
+++ b/common/version.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 // Build variables
 // these get injected during the build pipeline
-#define CURRENT_VERSION "22.44.0-dev" // always append -dev to the current version for custom-builds
+#define CURRENT_VERSION "22.44.1-dev" // always append -dev to the current version for custom-builds
 #define LOGIN_VERSION "0.8.0"
 #define COMPILE_DATE    __DATE__
 #define COMPILE_TIME    __TIME__
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c3fae50e9c..3eb33295d0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "eqemu-server",
-  "version": "22.44.0",
+  "version": "22.44.1",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/EQEmu/Server.git"