diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ff4d670..38fb0f5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# jsx (v1.4.3) #
+# jsx (v1.4.4) #
 
 an erlang application for consuming, producing and manipulating [json][json]. 
 inspired by [yajl][yajl]
diff --git a/src/jsx.app.src b/src/jsx.app.src
index 3837287..b71593d 100644
--- a/src/jsx.app.src
+++ b/src/jsx.app.src
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {application, jsx,
 [
     {description, "a streaming, evented json parsing toolkit"},
-    {vsn, "1.4.3"},
+    {vsn, "1.4.4"},
     {modules, [
         jsx,
         jsx_encoder,