diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: devtools
 Title: Tools to Make Developing R Packages Easier
-Version: 2.4.3.9000
+Version: 2.4.4
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", role = "aut"),
     person("Jim", "Hester", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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-# devtools (development version)
+# devtools 2.4.4
 
 * `install(reload = TRUE)` now calls `pkgload::unregister()` instead
   of `pkload::unload()` (#2349). This allows the package to keep