diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f9c25d8cac..7329023f276 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Gogs - Go Git Service [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/gogits/gogs.svg?bra
 
 ![](https://github.com/gogits/gogs/blob/master/public/img/gogs-large-resize.png?raw=true)
 
-##### Current tip version: 0.9.43 (see [Releases](https://github.com/gogits/gogs/releases) for binary versions)
+##### Current tip version: 0.9.44 (see [Releases](https://github.com/gogits/gogs/releases) for binary versions)
 
 | Web | UI  | Preview  |
 |:-------------:|:-------:|:-------:|
diff --git a/gogs.go b/gogs.go
index b44a6c28950..fc6775e5866 100644
--- a/gogs.go
+++ b/gogs.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gogits/gogs/modules/setting"
 )
 
-const APP_VER = "0.9.43.0715"
+const APP_VER = "0.9.44.0716"
 
 func init() {
 	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU())
diff --git a/templates/.VERSION b/templates/.VERSION
index 3cadfff87fd..7286b3035a4 100644
--- a/templates/.VERSION
+++ b/templates/.VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.43.0715
\ No newline at end of file
+0.9.44.0716
\ No newline at end of file