diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f96dd0a0f3..4d4fe3bcb0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ test "$host_alias" != "$target_alias" &&
 
 WX_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER=2
 WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER=4
-WX_RELEASE_NUMBER=2
+WX_RELEASE_NUMBER=4
 
 WX_VERSION=$WX_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER.$WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER.$WX_RELEASE_NUMBER
 WX_RELEASE=$WX_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER.$WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 48064eb81c..ef100e4ebb 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ dnl   libwx_$(TOOLKIT)-$(WX_RELEASE).so.$(WX_CURRENT).$(WX_REVISION).$(WX_AGE)
 
 WX_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER=2
 WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER=4
-WX_RELEASE_NUMBER=2
+WX_RELEASE_NUMBER=4
 
 WX_VERSION=$WX_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER.$WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER.$WX_RELEASE_NUMBER
 WX_RELEASE=$WX_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER.$WX_MINOR_VERSION_NUMBER
diff --git a/include/wx/version.h b/include/wx/version.h
index cebe9ecde7..68950319c6 100644
--- a/include/wx/version.h
+++ b/include/wx/version.h
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
 // Bump-up with each new version
 #define wxMAJOR_VERSION    2
 #define wxMINOR_VERSION    4
-#define wxRELEASE_NUMBER   2
-#define wxVERSION_STRING   _T("wxWindows 2.4.2")
+#define wxRELEASE_NUMBER   4
+#define wxVERSION_STRING   _T("wxWindows 2.4.4")
 
 // These are used by src/msw/version.rc and should always be ASCII, not Unicode
 // and must be updated manually as well each time the version above changes
-#define wxVERSION_NUM_DOT_STRING   "2.4.2"
-#define wxVERSION_NUM_STRING       "242"
+#define wxVERSION_NUM_DOT_STRING   "2.4.4"
+#define wxVERSION_NUM_STRING       "244"
 
 // nothing should be updated below this line when updating the version
 
diff --git a/wxPython/setup.py b/wxPython/setup.py
index ed0ab97960..9f539c5c54 100755
--- a/wxPython/setup.py
+++ b/wxPython/setup.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ from distutils.command.install_data import install_data
 
 VER_MAJOR        = 2      # The first three must match wxWindows
 VER_MINOR        = 4
-VER_RELEASE      = 2
-VER_SUBREL       = 4       # wxPython release num for x.y.z release of wxWindows
+VER_RELEASE      = 4
+VER_SUBREL       = 0       # wxPython release num for x.y.z release of wxWindows
 VER_FLAGS        = ""      # release flags, such as prerelease num, unicode, etc.
 
 DESCRIPTION      = "Cross platform GUI toolkit for Python"
diff --git a/wxPython/src/__version__.py b/wxPython/src/__version__.py
index 96584a3b7b..7673a6df67 100644
--- a/wxPython/src/__version__.py
+++ b/wxPython/src/__version__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # This file was generated by setup.py...
 
-wxVERSION_STRING  = '2.4.2.4'
+wxVERSION_STRING  = '2.4.4.0'
 wxMAJOR_VERSION   = 2
 wxMINOR_VERSION   = 4
-wxRELEASE_VERSION = 2
-wxSUBREL_VERSION  = 4
+wxRELEASE_VERSION = 4
+wxSUBREL_VERSION  = 0
 
 wxVERSION = (wxMAJOR_VERSION, wxMINOR_VERSION, wxRELEASE_VERSION,
              wxSUBREL_VERSION, '')