diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b3a8dcb66..135d910869 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY
 # version string, else they are combined with the result of `git describe`.
 set(NVIM_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set(NVIM_VERSION_MINOR 4)
-set(NVIM_VERSION_PATCH 4)
-set(NVIM_VERSION_PRERELEASE "") # for package maintainers
+set(NVIM_VERSION_PATCH 5)
+set(NVIM_VERSION_PRERELEASE "-dev") # for package maintainers
 
 # API level
 set(NVIM_API_LEVEL 6)         # Bump this after any API change.
diff --git a/runtime/nvim.appdata.xml b/runtime/nvim.appdata.xml
index 025de1b5a9..e99c76a930 100644
--- a/runtime/nvim.appdata.xml
+++ b/runtime/nvim.appdata.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   </screenshots>
 
   <releases>
+    <release date="2020-08-04" version="0.4.4"/>
     <release date="2019-11-06" version="0.4.3"/>
     <release date="2019-09-15" version="0.4.2"/>
     <release date="2019-09-15" version="0.4.1"/>