diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 82c00435153..14e82eb1df1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.14.4-beta] - 04/21/2022
+
+**WARNING: Beta releases may contain bugs and no guarantee is made about API stability. They are not recommended for production use!**
+
+### Fixes
+* CreateMultipartUpload doesn't get signed correctly [#588](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sdk-kotlin/issues/588)
+* Possible memory leak in new default HTTP engine [#587](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sdk-kotlin/issues/587)
+
+### Miscellaneous
+* sync AWS models [#590](https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sdk-kotlin/pull/590)
+
 ## [0.14.3-beta] - 04/14/2022
 
 **WARNING: Beta releases may contain bugs and no guarantee is made about API stability. They are not recommended for production use!**
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index c401c6159e5..ba0c4ba3aeb 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ kotlin.native.ignoreDisabledTargets=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx6g -XX:MaxPermSize=6g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=1G
 
 # sdk
-sdkVersion=0.14.4-SNAPSHOT
+sdkVersion=0.14.4-beta
 
 # codegen
 smithyVersion=1.17.0
 smithyGradleVersion=0.5.3
 # smithy-kotlin codegen and runtime are versioned together
-smithyKotlinVersion=0.8.3
+smithyKotlinVersion=0.8.5
 
 # kotlin
 kotlinVersion=1.6.10