diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3828388..e54dd8f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [0.4.3a1](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-config/tree/0.4.3a1) (2024-10-19)
+## [0.4.4a1](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-config/tree/0.4.4a1) (2024-10-23)
 
-[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-config/compare/0.4.2...0.4.3a1)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-config/compare/0.4.3...0.4.4a1)
 
 **Merged pull requests:**
 
-- fix:utterance filename [\#171](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-config/pull/171) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
+- fix:disable g2p [\#174](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-config/pull/174) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
 
 
 
diff --git a/ovos_config/mycroft.conf b/ovos_config/mycroft.conf
index bd25a23..c4e8c5e 100644
--- a/ovos_config/mycroft.conf
+++ b/ovos_config/mycroft.conf
@@ -735,9 +735,9 @@
      "module": "ovos-classifiers-postag-plugin"
   },
   // turn utterances into phoneme sequences, used to generate mouth movements
+  //  disabled by default, only relevant in devices such as the Mark 1
   "g2p": {
-     "module": "ovos-g2p-plugin-mimic",
-     "ovos-g2p-plugin-mimic": {"fallback_module": "ovos-g2p-plugin-heuristic-arpa"}
+     "module": ""
   },
 
   // DEPRECATED: this section is in the process of being fully removed,
diff --git a/ovos_config/version.py b/ovos_config/version.py
index 5c5f988..c25b882 100644
--- a/ovos_config/version.py
+++ b/ovos_config/version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # START_VERSION_BLOCK
 VERSION_MAJOR = 0
 VERSION_MINOR = 4
-VERSION_BUILD = 3
-VERSION_ALPHA = 0
+VERSION_BUILD = 4
+VERSION_ALPHA = 1
 # END_VERSION_BLOCK