Release version 44.beta44.beta

3 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 707d2ccb1..9c3ffe2bf 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+Major changes in 44.beta
+========================
+* Enhacements:
+  - Make various appdata and desktop file improvements (Christopher Davis)
+  - Make rubberband to have rounded corners (sunflowerskater)
+  - Make several documentation improvements (Corey Berla)
+* Bugfixes:
+  - Fix crashes caused by inverted g_assert condition (Ondrej Holy)
+  - Fix various drag and drop issues (Corey Berla, Peter Eisenmann)
+  - Fix several memory leaks (Corey Berla)
+  - Fix various three expander issues (António Fernandes, Corey Berla)
+  - Export FileManager1 iface from dbus_register vfunc (Ondrej Holy)
+  - Fix other issues (Corey Berla, Ondrej Holy, Jeremy Bicha, Athul Iddya)
+* Translation updates (GNOME Translation Project contributors)
+
 Major changes in 44.alpha
 =========================
 * Enhancements:
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.Nautilus.appdata.xml.in.in b/data/org.gnome.Nautilus.appdata.xml.in.in
index 0b658c4b4..6e5b69f6c 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.Nautilus.appdata.xml.in.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.Nautilus.appdata.xml.in.in
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <url type="translate">https://wiki.gnome.org/TranslationProject</url>
   <launchable type="desktop-id">@appid@.desktop</launchable>
   <releases>
-    <release version="44.alpha" date="2023-01-10" />
+    <release version="44.beta" date="2023-02-11" />
   </releases>
   <project_group>GNOME</project_group>
   <project_license>GPL-3.0-or-later</project_license>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 48e4e4e80..030a98e70 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ project('nautilus', 'c',
 
   # Do not forget when releasing:
   #  * Update version in data/org.gnome.Nautilus.appdata.xml.in.in
-  version: '44.alpha.1',
+  version: '44.beta',
 
   meson_version: '>= 0.59.0',
   license: 'GPL-3.0-or-later'