diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2ff8218f3..b470c2a90 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.43.0"
+  ".": "0.44.0"
 }