diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2dca3a0..89503ab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## v0.4.4 (2024-09-30)
+
+### Performance
+
+* perf: added garbage collection, increase batch size and multiple workers for higher throughput ([`bad00b9`](https://github.com/mbari-org/fastapi-vss/commit/bad00b9403738d64fa70e1b7e14aedb02d9382ad))
+
 ## v0.4.3 (2024-09-30)
 
 ## v0.4.2 (2024-09-30)
diff --git a/src/app/__init__.py b/src/app/__init__.py
index 802f2bd..222fb18 100644
--- a/src/app/__init__.py
+++ b/src/app/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #src/app/__init__.py
-__version__ = "0.4.3"
+__version__ = "0.4.4"