diff --git a/rotate_backups/__init__.py b/rotate_backups/__init__.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/rotate_backups/__init__.py
+++ b/rotate_backups/__init__.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ from six.moves import configparser
 from verboselogs import VerboseLogger
 
 # Semi-standard module versioning.
-__version__ = '4.3.1'
+__version__ = '4.4'
 
 # Initialize a logger for this module.
 logger = VerboseLogger(__name__)
Release <I>: Move ionice support to executor