diff --git a/progressbar/__about__.py b/progressbar/__about__.py
index 6279c36..dee8e02 100644
--- a/progressbar/__about__.py
+++ b/progressbar/__about__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 '''.strip().split(),
 )
 __email__ = 'wolph@wol.ph'
-__version__ = '4.3.2'
+__version__ = '4.4.0'
 __license__ = 'BSD'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2015 Rick van Hattem (Wolph)'
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/WoLpH/python-progressbar'