diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 63b75f024aba6f3028bc55f57287b1da608a2006..56b6ab2500a69da03bfb18f8128c8f0d2e232b13 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<groupId>de.flapdoodle.embed</groupId>
 	<artifactId>de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo</artifactId>
 	<name>Flapdoodle Embedded MongoDB</name>
-	<version>1.44-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.44</version>
 
 	<description>A embedded mongodb ...</description>
 	<url>http://github.com/flapdoodle-oss/embedmongo.flapdoodle.de</url>