diff --git a/docs/man/labelme.1 b/docs/man/labelme.1
index df6cc0e9d06ad74a08f7f3df8fc2ee6b904d948c..1186ff6c82c719b1f7fda946a33271f1ddb7938e 100644
--- a/docs/man/labelme.1
+++ b/docs/man/labelme.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.15.
-.TH LABELME "1" "May 2020" "labelme 4.3.1" "User Commands"
+.TH LABELME "1" "May 2020" "labelme 4.4.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-labelme \- manual page for labelme 4.3.1
+labelme \- manual page for labelme 4.4.0
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 usage: labelme [\-h] [\-\-version] [\-\-reset\-config]
 .IP
diff --git a/labelme/__init__.py b/labelme/__init__.py
index 702fd0b3b23c39593172d931f0dcb7e09b0fd1eb..04aa5431723f9d456cfbf6e45bfec8c12b06a774 100644
--- a/labelme/__init__.py
+++ b/labelme/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ __appname__ = 'labelme'
 # 1. MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes;
 # 2. MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards-compatible manner;
 # 3. PATCH version when you make backwards-compatible bug fixes.
-__version__ = '4.3.1'
+__version__ = '4.4.0'
 
 QT4 = QT_VERSION[0] == '4'
 QT5 = QT_VERSION[0] == '5'