diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 8bb083bc..9c61f5bd 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # NEWS
 
+4.0.3 - 2026-05-28
+------------------
+
+### Dependencies
+
+- Bump quic to 1.4.4.
+
 4.0.2 - 2026-05-25
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 8bfc6b87..ea873835 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 {deps, [
         %% Pure Erlang QUIC + HTTP/3 stack
-        {quic, "1.4.3"},
+        {quic, "1.4.4"},
         %% Pure Erlang HTTP/2 stack
         {h2, "0.6.0"},
         {idna, "~>7.1.0"},
diff --git a/src/hackney.app.src b/src/hackney.app.src
index 9a6e7568..03bf8e92 100644
--- a/src/hackney.app.src
+++ b/src/hackney.app.src
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {application, hackney,
   [
     {description, "Simple HTTP client with HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3 support"},
-    {vsn, "4.0.2"},
+    {vsn, "4.0.3"},
     {registered, [hackney_pool]},
     {applications, [kernel,
       stdlib,