diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index a5a2be79..005ee5e3 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ abstract: >-
   A Python package that wraps the functionality of the C++
   library libsemigroups.
 license: GPL-3.0+
-version: 1.4.3
-date-released: "2026-04-16"
+version: 1.4.4
+date-released: "2026-05-08"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d64f7733..eaf61f83 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -150,10 +150,10 @@ uv pip install .
 To build `libsemigroups_pybind11` from a release archive:
 
 ```console
-curl -L -O https://github.com/libsemigroups/libsemigroups_pybind11/releases/latest/download/libsemigroups_pybind11-1.4.3.tar.gz
-tar -xf libsemigroups_pybind11-1.4.3.tar.gz
-rm -f libsemigroups_pybind11-1.4.3.tar.gz
-cd libsemigroups_pybind11-1.4.3
+curl -L -O https://github.com/libsemigroups/libsemigroups_pybind11/releases/latest/download/libsemigroups_pybind11-1.4.4.tar.gz
+tar -xf libsemigroups_pybind11-1.4.4.tar.gz
+rm -f libsemigroups_pybind11-1.4.4.tar.gz
+cd libsemigroups_pybind11-1.4.4
 pip install .
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/source/changelog-v1.rst b/docs/source/changelog-v1.rst
index b18f4b18..65e56f83 100644
--- a/docs/source/changelog-v1.rst
+++ b/docs/source/changelog-v1.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
 Changelog - version 1
 =====================
 
+v1.4.4 (released 08/05/2026)
+----------------------------
+
+This release contains a large number of fixes to the documentation, and some
+minor issues in the C++ code were also resolved. 
+
 v1.4.3 (released 16/04/2026)
 ----------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/source/install.rst b/docs/source/install.rst
index 10e6a118..15498c59 100644
--- a/docs/source/install.rst
+++ b/docs/source/install.rst
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ To build ``libsemigroups_pybind11`` from a release archive:
 
 ::
 
-    $ curl -L -O https://github.com/libsemigroups/libsemigroups_pybind11/releases/latest/download/libsemigroups_pybind11-1.4.3.tar.gz
-    $ tar -xf libsemigroups_pybind11-1.4.3.tar.gz
-    $ rm -f libsemigroups_pybind11-1.4.3.tar.gz
-    $ cd libsemigroups_pybind11-1.4.3
+    $ curl -L -O https://github.com/libsemigroups/libsemigroups_pybind11/releases/latest/download/libsemigroups_pybind11-1.4.4.tar.gz
+    $ tar -xf libsemigroups_pybind11-1.4.4.tar.gz
+    $ rm -f libsemigroups_pybind11-1.4.4.tar.gz
+    $ cd libsemigroups_pybind11-1.4.4
     $ pip install .
 
 Building the documentation