diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 347a2cf..9b49acd 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 
 (unreleased)
 ------------
+- Release: version 0.4.3 🚀 [Christophe Bécavin]
 - Add examples with celltypist data. [Christophe Bécavin]
 - Clean metrics docs and py files. Prepare for adding all metrics.
   [Christophe Bécavin]
diff --git a/checkatlas/utils/VERSION b/checkatlas/utils/VERSION
index 17b2ccd..6f2743d 100644
--- a/checkatlas/utils/VERSION
+++ b/checkatlas/utils/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.4.3
+0.4.4
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c12515b..7fb6b26 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "checkatlas"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 description="One liner tool to check the quality of your single-cell atlases."
 authors = ["becavin-lab"]
 readme = "README.md"