diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7e155b7cadb..fbf807a0f6e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 
 # Initialize autoconf and automake.
-AC_INIT(pio, 2.4.4-development)
+AC_INIT(pio, 2.4.4)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/clib/pio_darray.c)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign serial-tests])
 
diff --git a/src/clib/Makefile.am b/src/clib/Makefile.am
index 66c7a948825..a47ddaebf74 100644
--- a/src/clib/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/clib/Makefile.am
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ endif # BUILD_NCINT
 # These linker flags specify libtool version info.
 # See http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/libtool.html#Libtool-versioning
 # for information regarding incrementing `-version-info`.
-libpioc_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 2:0:1
+libpioc_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 3:0:2
 
 # The library header file will be installed in include dir.
 include_HEADERS = pio.h uthash.h
diff --git a/src/flib/Makefile.am b/src/flib/Makefile.am
index 418208ca1ee..8c23c8033e5 100644
--- a/src/flib/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/flib/Makefile.am
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = -D_NETCDF -D_NETCDF4 -D_PETCDF
 # These linker flags specify libtool version info.
 # See http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/libtool.html#Libtool-versioning
 # for information regarding incrementing `-version-info`.
-libpiof_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 2:0:1
+libpiof_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 3:0:2
 
 # The library soure files.
 libpiof_la_LIBADD = libpio_nf.la libpio_kinds.la libpio_support.la	\