diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 47007d91878d5c81bcd4ea49455e7faaec5675aa..1fe7ba24dde247a38323bee7e479e07972ed0939 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Why CoolAMQP?
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 * tested against all versions of RabbitMQ 3.x (with testing with RabbitMQ 4.x pending)
+  * automatic tests check against RabbitMQ 3.10 and RabbitMQ 4.0
 * AMQP 0.9.1 client that's native Python
 * heavily optimized for speed
 * geared towards interfacing with [RabbitMQ](https://www.rabbitmq.com/)
diff --git a/coolamqp/__init__.py b/coolamqp/__init__.py
index 4e7c72a5978931daa3d6d01da7b4d3812a565940..955cb63b74128c1201b505e06bf6372b4f688040 100644
--- a/coolamqp/__init__.py
+++ b/coolamqp/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.4.3'
+__version__ = '1.4.4a1'