diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5eaf5568..66cf7149 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### Release 2.4.4 (December 23, 2022)
+* [#1017](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1017) Upgrade aws sdk 
+  * aws-java-sdk.version from 1.12.296 -> 1.12.370
+  * awssdk.version from 2.17.268 -> 2.19.2
+
 ### Release 2.4.3 (September 6, 2022)
 * [#980](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/980) logback-classic: 1.2.9 -> 1.4.0
 * [#983](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/983)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ceec72b4..cac15f8e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ The recommended way to use the KCL for Java is to consume it from Maven.
   <dependency>
       <groupId>software.amazon.kinesis</groupId>
       <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4.3</version>
+      <version>2.4.4</version>
   </dependency>
   ```
 
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ The recommended way to use the KCL for Java is to consume it from Maven.
 
 ## Release Notes
 
+### Release 2.4.4 (December 23, 2022)
+* [#1017](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1017) Upgrade aws sdk 
+  * aws-java-sdk.version from 1.12.296 -> 1.12.370
+  * awssdk.version from 2.17.268 -> 2.19.2
+
 ### Release 2.4.3 (September 6, 2022)
 * [#980](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/980) logback-classic: 1.2.9 -> 1.4.0
 * [#983](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/983)
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
index e3583af5..f0766949 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client-pom</artifactId>
     <groupId>software.amazon.kinesis</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.4</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
index abdd3eb3..474cb033 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>software.amazon.kinesis</groupId>
     <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.4.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
index 028c036b..9c57b016 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class RetrievalConfig {
      */
     public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT = "amazon-kinesis-client-library-java";
 
-    public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT_VERSION = "2.4.4-SNAPSHOT";
+    public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT_VERSION = "2.4.4";
 
     /**
      * Client used to make calls to Kinesis for records retrieval