diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f1cb0df83..8ad22c617 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+# 0.44.4 / 2021-12-10 
+
+### Changes
+
+* [BUGFIX] enable format no NoLookups for log4j 
+
 # 0.44.3 / 2021-08-24 
 
 ### Changes
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 91ef23a12..077df8f20 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -124,5 +124,5 @@ otherwise the subsequent publishes will fail.
 
 ```
 Get help on usage:
-java -jar jmxfetch-0.44.3-jar-with-dependencies.jar --help
+java -jar jmxfetch-0.44.4-jar-with-dependencies.jar --help
 ```
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 98436ba87..1d745b60f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.datadoghq</groupId>
     <artifactId>jmxfetch</artifactId>
-    <version>0.44.3</version>
+    <version>0.44.4</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>jmxfetch</name>