diff --git a/TRITON_VERSION b/TRITON_VERSION
index 8a3555062d9..6b75a0f3f1d 100644
--- a/TRITON_VERSION
+++ b/TRITON_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.43.0dev
+2.44.0dev
diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 54f9f46241d..787a6f663e4 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@
 # incorrectly load the other version of the openvino libraries.
 #
 TRITON_VERSION_MAP = {
-    "2.43.0dev": (
-        "24.02dev",  # triton container
+    "2.44.0dev": (
+        "24.03dev",  # triton container
         "24.01",  # upstream container
         "1.16.3",  # ORT
         "2023.3.0",  # ORT OpenVINO