diff --git a/lib/tsc.js b/lib/tsc.js
index 09960cf827683..3e8a8c06a149e 100644
--- a/lib/tsc.js
+++ b/lib/tsc.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ var __generator = (this && this.__generator) || function (thisArg, body) {
 var ts;
 (function (ts) {
     ts.versionMajorMinor = "4.4";
-    ts.version = ts.versionMajorMinor + ".0-beta";
+    ts.version = "4.4.1-rc";
     var NativeCollections;
     (function (NativeCollections) {
         function tryGetNativeMap() {
diff --git a/lib/tsserver.js b/lib/tsserver.js
index c271e0848f96b..75db08f8c044c 100644
--- a/lib/tsserver.js
+++ b/lib/tsserver.js
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ var ts;
     // The following is baselined as a literal template type without intervention
     /** The version of the TypeScript compiler release */
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-inferrable-types
-    ts.version = ts.versionMajorMinor + ".0-beta";
+    ts.version = "4.4.1-rc";
     /* @internal */
     var Comparison;
     (function (Comparison) {
diff --git a/lib/tsserverlibrary.js b/lib/tsserverlibrary.js
index 46692eae2e160..be5c8a231b024 100644
--- a/lib/tsserverlibrary.js
+++ b/lib/tsserverlibrary.js
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ var ts;
     // The following is baselined as a literal template type without intervention
     /** The version of the TypeScript compiler release */
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-inferrable-types
-    ts.version = ts.versionMajorMinor + ".0-beta";
+    ts.version = "4.4.1-rc";
     /* @internal */
     var Comparison;
     (function (Comparison) {
diff --git a/lib/typescript.js b/lib/typescript.js
index c96a7fc5e092f..ba1516419babb 100644
--- a/lib/typescript.js
+++ b/lib/typescript.js
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ var ts;
     // The following is baselined as a literal template type without intervention
     /** The version of the TypeScript compiler release */
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-inferrable-types
-    ts.version = ts.versionMajorMinor + ".0-beta";
+    ts.version = "4.4.1-rc";
     /* @internal */
     var Comparison;
     (function (Comparison) {
diff --git a/lib/typescriptServices.js b/lib/typescriptServices.js
index df96401952e48..c2280dade8508 100644
--- a/lib/typescriptServices.js
+++ b/lib/typescriptServices.js
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ var ts;
     // The following is baselined as a literal template type without intervention
     /** The version of the TypeScript compiler release */
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-inferrable-types
-    ts.version = ts.versionMajorMinor + ".0-beta";
+    ts.version = "4.4.1-rc";
     /* @internal */
     var Comparison;
     (function (Comparison) {
diff --git a/lib/typingsInstaller.js b/lib/typingsInstaller.js
index f5ca283de5b98..8567982beaf7e 100644
--- a/lib/typingsInstaller.js
+++ b/lib/typingsInstaller.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ var ts;
     // The following is baselined as a literal template type without intervention
     /** The version of the TypeScript compiler release */
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-inferrable-types
-    ts.version = ts.versionMajorMinor + ".0-beta";
+    ts.version = "4.4.1-rc";
     /* @internal */
     var Comparison;
     (function (Comparison) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3c9ca4c8c57b4..37b43837a4f96 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "name": "typescript",
     "author": "Microsoft Corp.",
     "homepage": "https://www.typescriptlang.org/",
-    "version": "4.4.0-beta",
+    "version": "4.4.1-rc",
     "license": "Apache-2.0",
     "description": "TypeScript is a language for application scale JavaScript development",
     "keywords": [
diff --git a/src/compiler/corePublic.ts b/src/compiler/corePublic.ts
index 1bd646ef3a2a1..6af4e12235394 100644
--- a/src/compiler/corePublic.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/corePublic.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace ts {
     // The following is baselined as a literal template type without intervention
     /** The version of the TypeScript compiler release */
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-inferrable-types
-    export const version = `${versionMajorMinor}.0-beta`;
+    export const version = "4.4.1-rc" as string;
 
     /**
      * Type of objects whose values are all of the same type.