diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1cb958fc..53fdd0b5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Major changes in 44.beta:
+* Fix moving event to different calendars
+* Improve default sizing of event editor dialog
+* Updated translations
+
 Major changes in 43.1:
 * Various fixes to recurrent events
 * Updated translations
diff --git a/data/appdata/org.gnome.Calendar.appdata.xml.in.in b/data/appdata/org.gnome.Calendar.appdata.xml.in.in
index 3f1c7870..e891cd0f 100644
--- a/data/appdata/org.gnome.Calendar.appdata.xml.in.in
+++ b/data/appdata/org.gnome.Calendar.appdata.xml.in.in
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
   <project_group>GNOME</project_group>
 
   <releases>
+    <release date="2023-02-14" version="44~beta" />
     <release date="2022-09-03" version="43.1" />
     <release date="2022-09-03" version="43.0">
       <description>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3cf060c8..69124676 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'gnome-calendar',
                'c',
-           version: '44.alpha',
+           version: '44.beta',
            license: 'GPL3+',
      meson_version: '>= 0.57.0'
 )