diff --git a/hippunfold/config/snakebids.yml b/hippunfold/config/snakebids.yml
index abb4b584..66d61bff 100644
--- a/hippunfold/config/snakebids.yml
+++ b/hippunfold/config/snakebids.yml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ parse_args:
   --version:
     help: 'Print the version of HippUnfold'
     action: version
-    version: "1.4.2-pre.43"
+    version: "1.4.2-pre.44"
 
 
   --modality:
diff --git a/hippunfold/pipeline_description.json b/hippunfold/pipeline_description.json
index 7db2d199..925e42bd 100644
--- a/hippunfold/pipeline_description.json
+++ b/hippunfold/pipeline_description.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "GeneratedBy": [
         {
             "Name": "hippunfold",
-            "Version": "1.4.2-pre.43",
+            "Version": "1.4.2-pre.44",
             "CodeURL": "https://github.com/khanlab/hippunfold",
             "Author": "Jordan DeKraker & Ali Khan",
             "AuthorEmail": "ali.khan@uwo.ca"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 108f7562..b5821b1c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "hippunfold"
-version = "1.4.2-pre.43"
+version = "1.4.2-pre.44"
 description = "BIDS App for Hippocampal AutoTop (automated hippocampal unfolding and subfield segmentation)"
 authors = ["Jordan DeKraker & Ali Khan <alik@robarts.ca>"]