diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1483be86..7b1bf45a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [5.4.4] - 2025-04-13
+- Fix syntax error occurring when registering a function plugin that ends with the string 'close' [#1122](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1122)
+- Replace SMARTY_VERSION constant with $smarty.version in debug.tpl [#1073](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1073)
+
+
 ## [5.4.3] - 2024-12-23
 - Fix PHP backtraces by qualifying/replacing `call_user_func_array` calls [#1074](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1074)
 
diff --git a/changelog/1073.md b/changelog/1073.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b30594d..00000000
--- a/changelog/1073.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-- Replace SMARTY_VERSION constant with $smarty.version in debug.tpl [#1073](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1073)
diff --git a/changelog/1122.md b/changelog/1122.md
deleted file mode 100644
index de32102b..00000000
--- a/changelog/1122.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-- Fix syntax error occurring when registering a function plugin that ends with the string 'close' [#1122](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1122)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Smarty.php b/src/Smarty.php
index 15baba8f..5fed1579 100644
--- a/src/Smarty.php
+++ b/src/Smarty.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Smarty extends \Smarty\TemplateBase {
 	/**
 	 * smarty version
 	 */
-	const SMARTY_VERSION = '5.4.3';
+	const SMARTY_VERSION = '5.4.4';
 
 	/**
 	 * define caching modes