diff --git a/src/hdf5plugin/_version.py b/src/hdf5plugin/_version.py
index 965aee87..8e867937 100644
--- a/src/hdf5plugin/_version.py
+++ b/src/hdf5plugin/_version.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 MAJOR = 4
 MINOR = 4
 MICRO = 0
-RELEV = "beta"  # <16
+RELEV = "final"  # <16
 SERIAL = 0  # <16
 
 date = __date__