diff --git a/CHANGES/v2.4.md b/CHANGES/v2.4.md
index fd60755d77ab795049152af6b55741385b78ab8a..60e6aad7d7c52eb958d55b9e9c612388dff160d7 100644
--- a/CHANGES/v2.4.md
+++ b/CHANGES/v2.4.md
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ For users:
   - Module VES: Fixed a bug in TD_GRID for 2D grids where the grid spacing is not the same for both dimensions.
   - GROMACS patch for gromacs-2018.3.
 
-## Version 2.4.4 (coming soon)
+## Version 2.4.4 (Dec 19, 2018)
 
 For users:
   - Fixed some performances regression issue with OpenMP
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8239574498acf5389999716f1539cd94567733f1..2d6943bbf6ec5bad903b2c76a8a2011aa0643a91 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # (this is same as gromacs)
 # Notice that "plumed info --version" will return only 2.X
 # and "plumed info --long-version" will return the full string
-2.4.3
+2.4.4