diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index ba8c98cd..847fca0b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 Release Notes
 =============
 
-Unreleased
+1.44.0
 ================
 
+- Update libdatadog-build image tags to 100425777 (#417)
+- perf: parallelize network calls and skip redundant operations (#409)
+
 1.43.0
 ================
 
diff --git a/install_script.sh.template b/install_script.sh.template
index dad3548f..7a143bca 100644
--- a/install_script.sh.template
+++ b/install_script.sh.template
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ set -e
 
 DEPRECATION_MESSAGE_PLACEHOLDER
 
-install_script_version=1.43.0.post
+install_script_version=1.44.0
 logfile="ddagent-install.log"
 support_email=support@datadoghq.com
 variant=install_scriptINSTALL_INFO_VERSION_PLACEHOLDER
diff --git a/install_script_op_worker1.sh b/install_script_op_worker1.sh
index 0d943c4f..585b9aa6 100755
--- a/install_script_op_worker1.sh
+++ b/install_script_op_worker1.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-install_script_version=1.43.0.post
+install_script_version=1.44.0
 logfile="dd-install.log"
 support_email=support@datadoghq.com
 variant=install_script_op_worker1
diff --git a/install_script_op_worker2.sh b/install_script_op_worker2.sh
index 18b18eda..fce73b86 100755
--- a/install_script_op_worker2.sh
+++ b/install_script_op_worker2.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-install_script_version=1.43.0.post
+install_script_version=1.44.0
 logfile="dd-install.log"
 support_email=support@datadoghq.com
 variant=install_script_op_worker2