diff --git a/lib/jekyll/scholar/version.rb b/lib/jekyll/scholar/version.rb
index d16f35b4b751399c03609f44399c04796fa2906b..e701efdc8bd056aadbf378cb3286e0fbfc691f04 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/scholar/version.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/scholar/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Jekyll
   class Scholar
-    VERSION = '4.3.6'.freeze
+    VERSION = '4.4.0'.freeze
   end
 end