diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c9e8b1364c8bd01a9e5025e2513c1dc6fe0fbed5..58d7212a19cc2a3bd3e5579d101e3f6aa667e7b8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ You will need to have both snakehouse and satella installed.
 
 # Changelog
 
+## v0.4.4
+
+* _TBA_
+
 ## v0.4.3
 
 * iterating and writing at the same time from multiple threads
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cdc8b699bbc3d102ef398ff91cfda98119d8596a..597764bd0a6bf1c4dd27a5601471a83a920f472e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if 'CI' in os.environ:
 
 
 setup(name='tempsdb',
-      version='0.4.3',
+      version='0.4.4a1',
       packages=['tempsdb'],
       install_requires=['satella>=2.14.21', 'ujson'],
       ext_modules=build([Multibuild('tempsdb', find_pyx('tempsdb')), ],