diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4ed0f32c..450b4f16 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [3.1.44] - 2022-01-18
+
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed illegal characters bug in math function security check [#702](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/702)
 
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index 6e3507ec..d708ce3b 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase
     /**
      * smarty version
      */
-    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.43';
+    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.44';
     /**
      * define variable scopes
      */