diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dfedab6c..2decf1c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changes
 
-- updated ldap search from name and familyname to one single attribute "displayname"
-
 ### Deprecated
 
 ### Removed
@@ -21,6 +19,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Security
 
+## [0.44.0] - 2024-12-12
+
+### Changes
+
+- updated ldap search from name and familyname to one single attribute "displayname"
+
 ## [0.43.0] - 2024-12-10
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fc02053f..bbfa2ea5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "mex-common"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 description = "Common library for MEx python projects."
 authors = [{ name = "MEx Team", email = "mex@rki.de" }]
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }