diff --git a/docs/releases/v2.4.4.md b/docs/releases/v2.4.4.md
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+# v2.4.4
+
+## Bugfixes
+
+- Fix version of connectivity web component
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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 {
   "name": "interactive-viewer",
-  "version": "2.4.3",
+  "version": "2.4.4",
   "description": "HBP interactive atlas viewer. Integrating KG query, dataset previews & more. Based on humanbrainproject/nehuba & google/neuroglancer. Built with angular",
   "scripts": {
     "build-aot": "PRODUCTION=true GIT_HASH=`node -e 'console.log(require(\"./package.json\").version)'` webpack --config ./webpack/webpack.aot.js && node ./third_party/matomo/processMatomo.js",