diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
index 18bcd2033..eafe866d3 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "packages/access-client": "18.2.0",
-  "packages/filecoin-api": "4.3.1",
+  "packages/filecoin-api": "4.4.0",
   "packages/filecoin-client": "3.2.0",
   "packages/capabilities": "13.1.1",
   "packages/upload-api": "8.3.0",
diff --git a/packages/filecoin-api/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/filecoin-api/CHANGELOG.md
index 2eca1d2ee..242cfa485 100644
--- a/packages/filecoin-api/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/filecoin-api/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [4.4.0](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3up/compare/filecoin-api-v4.3.1...filecoin-api-v4.4.0) (2024-02-06)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add support to prepend pieces while buffering to aggregate ([#1301](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3up/issues/1301)) ([dff1846](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3up/commit/dff1846ad8b6ff5bb9e5fd8ff71f79df5bf79e4d))
+
 ## [4.3.1](https://github.com/web3-storage/w3up/compare/filecoin-api-v4.3.0...filecoin-api-v4.3.1) (2024-01-15)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/filecoin-api/package.json b/packages/filecoin-api/package.json
index e626a355a..e17676882 100644
--- a/packages/filecoin-api/package.json
+++ b/packages/filecoin-api/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@web3-storage/filecoin-api",
-  "version": "4.3.1",
+  "version": "4.4.0",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./src/lib.js",
   "homepage": "https://web3.storage",