diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 3885e3ec9cf..2d5d14f1601 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Build and upload to PyPI
+name: Build and upload to internal PyPI
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch: # run on request (no need for PR)
@@ -40,9 +40,15 @@ jobs:
     name: Publish package
     needs: [build_wheels, build_sdist]
     environment: pypi
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, linux, x64, dev]
     permissions: write-all
     steps:
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: python -m pip install twine
       - name: Download artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
@@ -50,7 +56,6 @@ jobs:
           # if `name: artifact` is omitted, the action will create extra parent dir
           name: artifact
           path: dist
-      # to determine where to publish the source distribution to PyPI or TestPyPI
       - name: Check tag
         id: check-tag
         uses: actions-ecosystem/action-regex-match@v2
@@ -66,15 +71,18 @@ jobs:
           tag: ${{ github.ref }}
           overwrite: true
           file_glob: true
-      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
-        if: ${{ steps.check-tag.outputs.match != '' }}
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.7.1
-        with:
-          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Publish package distributions to TestPyPI
-        if: ${{ steps.check-tag.outputs.match == '' }}
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.7.1
-        with:
-          password: ${{ secrets.TESTPYPI_API_TOKEN }}
-          repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
-          verbose: true
+      - name: Check dist contents
+        run: twine check dist/*
+      - name: Publish package dist to internal PyPI
+        run: |
+          export no_proxy=${{ secrets.PYPI_HOST }}
+          export REPOSITORY_URL=http://${{ secrets.PYPI_HOST }}:${{ secrets.PYPI_PORT }}
+          twine upload --verbose --repository-url $REPOSITORY_URL dist/* -u ${{ secrets.PYPI_USER }} -p ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
+      - name: Clean up dist
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        run: |
+          if OUTPUT=$(ls | grep -c dist)
+          then
+            echo "Cleaning up dist directory"
+            rm -r dist
+          fi
diff --git a/src/otx/__init__.py b/src/otx/__init__.py
index 0730c04e7d7..320afca933b 100644
--- a/src/otx/__init__.py
+++ b/src/otx/__init__.py
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2021-2023 Intel Corporation
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-__version__ = "1.4.4rc1"
+__version__ = "1.4.4"
 # NOTE: Sync w/ src/otx/api/usecases/exportable_code/demo/requirements.txt on release
diff --git a/src/otx/api/usecases/exportable_code/demo/requirements.txt b/src/otx/api/usecases/exportable_code/demo/requirements.txt
index 26d5f57a346..eb4d7eb29fd 100644
--- a/src/otx/api/usecases/exportable_code/demo/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/otx/api/usecases/exportable_code/demo/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 openvino==2023.0
 openvino-model-api==0.1.6
-otx==1.4.4rc1
+otx==1.4.4
 numpy>=1.21.0,<=1.23.5  # np.bool was removed in 1.24.0 which was used in openvino runtime