diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index c0e2cdeb..3ab3dc68 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ authors:
   given-names: "Дилян"
   website: https://github.com/dilyanpalauzov
 title: "check_ssl_cert"
-version: 2.43.0
-date-released: 2022-09-09
+version: 2.44.0
+date-released: 2022-09-13
 url: "https://github.com/matteocorti/check_ssl_cert"
 repository-code: "https://github.com/matteocorti/check_ssl_cert"
 keywords:
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2e3edc05..3de4f9d2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2022-09-13  Matteo Corti  <matteo@corti.li>
+
+        * check_ssl_cert: added --grep-bin to specify the grep binary to be used
+
 2022-09-11  Matteo Corti  <matteo@corti.li>
 
         * check_ssl_cert (usage): default port in the help text
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 432cda69..4ed8c591 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+* 2022-09-13 Version 2.44.0
+  * Fixed a problem with grep 3.8
   * Added ```--grep-bin``` to specify the grep binary to be used
   * Added ```--debug-headers``` to store the HTTP headers in the headers.txt file
 * 2022-09-09 Version 2.43.0
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 823f660b..93ad6934 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+ * Fixed a problem with grep 3.8
+ * Added ```--grep-bin``` to specify the grep binary to be used
  * Added ```--debug-headers``` to store the HTTP headers in the headers.txt file
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5b9cd9af..3e197472 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.43.0
+2.44.0
diff --git a/check_ssl_cert b/check_ssl_cert
index e896bef9..db987778 100755
--- a/check_ssl_cert
+++ b/check_ssl_cert
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 # Constants
 
-VERSION=2.43.0
+VERSION=2.44.0
 SHORTNAME="SSL_CERT"
 
 VALID_ATTRIBUTES=",startdate,enddate,subject,issuer,modulus,serial,hash,email,ocsp_uri,fingerprint,"
diff --git a/check_ssl_cert.1 b/check_ssl_cert.1
index 86d41680..ba36b658 100644
--- a/check_ssl_cert.1
+++ b/check_ssl_cert.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" Process this file with
 .\" groff -man -Tascii check_ssl_cert.1
 .\"
-.TH "check_ssl_cert" 1 "September, 2022" "2.43.0" "USER COMMANDS"
+.TH "check_ssl_cert" 1 "September, 2022" "2.44.0" "USER COMMANDS"
 .SH NAME
 check_ssl_cert \- checks the validity of X.509 certificates
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/check_ssl_cert.spec b/check_ssl_cert.spec
index 763098bb..042edb66 100644
--- a/check_ssl_cert.spec
+++ b/check_ssl_cert.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%global version          2.43.0
+%global version          2.44.0
 %global release          0
 %global sourcename       check_ssl_cert
 %global packagename      nagios-plugins-check_ssl_cert
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep  13 2022 Matteo Corti <matteo@corti.li> - 2.44.0-0
+- Updated to 2.44.0
+
 * Tue Sep   9 2022 Matteo Corti <matteo@corti.li> - 2.43.0-0
 - Updated to 2.43.0