Prepare new release

Change-Id: I2a0fe5a0786cb758368c704e291a01e3c49af118
Reviewed-on: https://korap.ids-mannheim.de/gerrit/c/KorAP/Koral/+/8731
diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index d1ccfc2..829a7cc 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+0.44 2024-07-12
+    - [security] Dependencies updated
+
 0.43 2024-06-11
     - [feature] Support opProx in C2 (bodmer)
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6a14cea..00310b5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>de.ids-mannheim.korap.koral</groupId>
 	<artifactId>Koral</artifactId>
-	<version>0.43.0</version>
+	<version>0.44.0</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>Koral</name>
 	<url>https://korap.ids-mannheim.de</url>