diff --git a/mchmm/__init__.py b/mchmm/__init__.py
index d31d95f..f3089d0 100644
--- a/mchmm/__init__.py
+++ b/mchmm/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.4.3"
+__version__ = "0.4.4"
 __all__ = ['MarkovChain', 'HiddenMarkovModel']
 
 from ._hmm import *  # noqa