diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index acd4981b5..57128baf3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [4.4.1] - 2024-02-26
+- Fixed internal release-tooling
+
+
 ### Changed
 - Using the `|implode`, `|json_encode` and `|substr` modifiers does not generate a deprecation warning anymore as they will continue to be supported in v5 [#939](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/939) 
 
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index f102d889e..0a47c8350 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase
     /**
      * smarty version
      */
-    const SMARTY_VERSION = '4.3.4';
+    const SMARTY_VERSION = '4.4.1';
     /**
      * define variable scopes
      */