diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 93d9b09..b5bd018 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The format is roughly based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/
 
 <!-- start-of-changelog -->
 
-## unreleased
+## Work in progress: 0.44.0
 
 - Bump minimum required Python version to 3.11 ([#127](https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-aggregator/issues/127), [#174](https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-aggregator/issues/174))
 - Add title, description, online/offline status and last_status_check to federation listing in capabilities document ([#22](https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-aggregator/issues/22))
diff --git a/src/openeo_aggregator/about.py b/src/openeo_aggregator/about.py
index 119ec3e..b7d16a0 100644
--- a/src/openeo_aggregator/about.py
+++ b/src/openeo_aggregator/about.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import sys
 from typing import Optional
 
-__version__ = "0.43.0a1"
+__version__ = "0.44.0a1"
 
 
 def log_version_info(logger: Optional[logging.Logger] = None):