diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 973f5095..7fd632f3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ target/
 AwsCredentials.properties
 .idea
 *.iml
-
+.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
index a91a9a6b..e3583af5 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client-pom</artifactId>
     <groupId>software.amazon.kinesis</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.3</version>
+    <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client-multilang</artifactId>
 
   <properties>
-    <aws-java-sdk.version>1.12.296</aws-java-sdk.version>
+    <aws-java-sdk.version>1.12.370</aws-java-sdk.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
index 512daef0..abdd3eb3 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>2.4.3</version>
+    <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</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 abbee4da..028c036b 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 = "2.4.3";
+    public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT_VERSION = "2.4.4-SNAPSHOT";
 
     /**
      * Client used to make calls to Kinesis for records retrieval
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0e08d6c6..6393737a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client-pom</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Amazon Kinesis Client Library</name>
-  <version>2.4.3</version>
+  <version>2.4.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>The Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Java enables Java developers to easily consume and process data
     from Amazon Kinesis.
   </description>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
-    <awssdk.version>2.17.268</awssdk.version>
+    <awssdk.version>2.19.2</awssdk.version>
   </properties>
 
   <licenses>