diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6e9a44bf..d5da8662 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+44.beta
+=======
+* Tweak menu alignment [robxnano; !246]
+
+Contributors:
+  Florian Müllner, robxnano
+
+Translators:
+  Vasil Pupkin [be]
+
 43.1
 ====
 * Fixed crash [Florian; !243]
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0ab7e4ec..ad9c91d6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-shell-extensions',
-  version: '43.1',
+  version: '44.beta',
   meson_version: '>= 0.53.0',
   license: 'GPL2+'
 )