diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e9e0732..abfb056a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ Ultimate Member
 ==============
 Ultimate Member is a powerful and flexible WordPress plugin that makes it a breeze for users to sign-up and become members. The plugin allows you to add beautiful user profiles to your site and is perfect for creating advanced online communities. Lightweight and highly extendible, Ultimate Member will enable you to create almost any type of site where users can join and become members with absolute ease.
 
-| Latest Version |Requires at least|
-| :------------: |:------------:|
-| 1.3.43| WordPress 4.1 or higher
+| Latest Version |Requires at least|Stable Tag|
+| :------------: |:------------:|:------------:|
+| 1.3.44| WordPress 4.1 or higher| 1.3.38 |
 
 
 ##Features of the plugin include:
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ GNU Version 2 or Any Later Version
 
 Releases
 ====================
-[Latest Release: Ultimate Member v1.3.43](https://github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember/releases).
+[Latest Release: Ultimate Member v1.3.44](https://github.com/ultimatemember/ultimatemember/releases).
 
 Changelog
 ====================
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index f7a6dddd..fddee31c 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Plugin Name: Ultimate Member
 Plugin URI: http://ultimatemember.com/
 Description: The easiest way to create powerful online communities and beautiful user profiles with WordPress
-Version: 1.3.43
+Version: 1.3.44
 Author: Ultimate Member
 Author URI: http://ultimatemember.com/
 */
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 89e30607..2a129871 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Tags: access control, author, authors, author profile, comments, community, comm
 Requires at least: 4.1
 Tested up to: 4.4
 
-Stable Tag: 1.3.43
+Stable Tag: 1.3.38
 
 License: GNU Version 2 or Any Later Version
 
@@ -149,6 +149,19 @@ The plugin works with popular caching plugins by automatically excluding Ultimat
 
 == Changelog ==
 
+= 1.3.44: March 11, 2016 =
+* New: an option to force Strings to use UTF-8 encoding
+* New: an option to change Gravatar default image
+* New: South Sudan to the list of countries.
+* Fixed: update profile edit
+* Fixed: remove feed from content restriction
+* Fixed: search username query
+* Fixed: support for server query string data after user login
+* Fixed: matching fields values
+* Fixed: email template path
+* Fixed: shortcode within [um_show_content] shortcode
+* Tweak: remove notices
+
 = 1.3.43: March 5, 2016 =
 * Fixed: redirect URL after login
 * Fixed: security check in registration form