diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 3598fc1f..94774be9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 Unreleased
 ==========
 
+.. _changelog-4.4.0:
+
+4.4.0 — 2023-05-15
+==================
+
  **🚨 Attention:**
 
     The turbodbc dependency was pinned to *4.5.4* due to issues with newer versions.
@@ -14,7 +19,8 @@ Unreleased
 
 🐞 Fixed
 --------
-- Fixed invalid implicit autocommit behaviour, for details see `<Issue-https://github.com/exasol/sqlalchemy-exasol/issues/335>`_
+
+* Fixed invalid implicit autocommit behaviour, for details see `<Issue-https://github.com/exasol/sqlalchemy-exasol/issues/335>`_
 
 ✨ Added
 --------
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 0414c777..c7a0e46c 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ On Linux/Unix like systems you need:
 Turbodbc support
 ````````````````
 
+.. warning::
+
+    Maintenance of this feature is on hold. Also it is very likely that turbodbc support will be dropped in future versions.
+
 - You can use Turbodbc with sqlalchemy_exasol if you use a python version >= 3.8.
 - Multi row update is not supported, see
   `test/test_update.py <test/test_update.py>`_ for an example
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9a54a440..1df6ae02 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "sqlalchemy_exasol"
-version = "4.3.0"
+version = "4.4.0"
 description = "EXASOL dialect for SQLAlchemy"
 readme = "README.rst"
 authors = [
diff --git a/sqlalchemy_exasol/version.py b/sqlalchemy_exasol/version.py
index 100b856e..30e6e155 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_exasol/version.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_exasol/version.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # If you need to change the version, do so in the project.toml, e.g. by using `poetry version X.Y.Z`.
 
 MAJOR = 4
-MINOR = 3
+MINOR = 4
 PATCH = 0
 
 VERSION = f"{MAJOR}.{MINOR}.{PATCH}"