diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ebc602800..f7dc32273 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 2.44.0-rc.2 / 2023-05-07
-
-* [ENHANCEMENT] Storage: Optimise buffer used to iterate through samples. #12326
-
-## 2.44.0-rc.1 / 2023-05-03
-
-* [BUGFIX] Labels: Set after Del would be ignored, which broke some relabeling rules. #12322
-
-## 2.44.0-rc.0 / 2023-04-22
+## 2.44.0 / 2023-05-13
 
 This version is built with Go tag `stringlabels`, to use the smaller data
 structure for Labels that was optional in the previous release. For more
@@ -18,6 +10,7 @@ details about this code change see #10991.
 * [FEATURE] Remote-read: Handle native histograms. #12085, #12192
 * [FEATURE] Promtool: Health and readiness check of prometheus server in CLI. #12096
 * [FEATURE] PromQL: Add `query_samples_total` metric, the total number of samples loaded by all queries. #12251
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Storage: Optimise buffer used to iterate through samples. #12326
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Scrape: Reduce memory allocations on target labels. #12084
 * [ENHANCEMENT] PromQL: Use faster heap method for `topk()` / `bottomk()`. #12190
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Rules API: Allow filtering by rule name. #12270
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 3f6719d55..3e197472e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.44.0-rc.2
+2.44.0
diff --git a/web/ui/module/codemirror-promql/package.json b/web/ui/module/codemirror-promql/package.json
index 048b1aab4..e819319ee 100644
--- a/web/ui/module/codemirror-promql/package.json
+++ b/web/ui/module/codemirror-promql/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@prometheus-io/codemirror-promql",
-  "version": "0.44.0-rc.2",
+  "version": "0.44.0",
   "description": "a CodeMirror mode for the PromQL language",
   "types": "dist/esm/index.d.ts",
   "module": "dist/esm/index.js",
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/blob/main/web/ui/module/codemirror-promql/README.md",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@prometheus-io/lezer-promql": "0.44.0-rc.2",
+    "@prometheus-io/lezer-promql": "0.44.0",
     "lru-cache": "^6.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/web/ui/module/lezer-promql/package.json b/web/ui/module/lezer-promql/package.json
index 622e9bea4..7daa56738 100644
--- a/web/ui/module/lezer-promql/package.json
+++ b/web/ui/module/lezer-promql/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@prometheus-io/lezer-promql",
-  "version": "0.44.0-rc.2",
+  "version": "0.44.0",
   "description": "lezer-based PromQL grammar",
   "main": "dist/index.cjs",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/web/ui/package-lock.json b/web/ui/package-lock.json
index 0cd9eb729..1d3d1d3e3 100644
--- a/web/ui/package-lock.json
+++ b/web/ui/package-lock.json
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
     },
     "module/codemirror-promql": {
       "name": "@prometheus-io/codemirror-promql",
-      "version": "0.44.0-rc.2",
+      "version": "0.44.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@prometheus-io/lezer-promql": "0.44.0-rc.2",
+        "@prometheus-io/lezer-promql": "0.44.0",
         "lru-cache": "^6.0.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     },
     "module/lezer-promql": {
       "name": "@prometheus-io/lezer-promql",
-      "version": "0.44.0-rc.2",
+      "version": "0.44.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@lezer/generator": "^1.2.2",
@@ -20763,7 +20763,7 @@
     },
     "react-app": {
       "name": "@prometheus-io/app",
-      "version": "0.44.0-rc.2",
+      "version": "0.44.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@codemirror/autocomplete": "^6.4.0",
         "@codemirror/commands": "^6.2.0",
@@ -20781,7 +20781,7 @@
         "@lezer/lr": "^1.3.1",
         "@nexucis/fuzzy": "^0.4.1",
         "@nexucis/kvsearch": "^0.8.1",
-        "@prometheus-io/codemirror-promql": "0.44.0-rc.2",
+        "@prometheus-io/codemirror-promql": "0.44.0",
         "bootstrap": "^4.6.2",
         "css.escape": "^1.5.1",
         "downshift": "^7.2.0",
@@ -23417,7 +23417,7 @@
         "@lezer/lr": "^1.3.1",
         "@nexucis/fuzzy": "^0.4.1",
         "@nexucis/kvsearch": "^0.8.1",
-        "@prometheus-io/codemirror-promql": "0.44.0-rc.2",
+        "@prometheus-io/codemirror-promql": "0.44.0",
         "@testing-library/react-hooks": "^7.0.2",
         "@types/enzyme": "^3.10.12",
         "@types/flot": "0.0.32",
@@ -23468,7 +23468,7 @@
         "@lezer/common": "^1.0.2",
         "@lezer/highlight": "^1.1.3",
         "@lezer/lr": "^1.3.1",
-        "@prometheus-io/lezer-promql": "0.44.0-rc.2",
+        "@prometheus-io/lezer-promql": "0.44.0",
         "@types/lru-cache": "^5.1.1",
         "isomorphic-fetch": "^3.0.0",
         "lru-cache": "^6.0.0",
diff --git a/web/ui/react-app/package.json b/web/ui/react-app/package.json
index 1e0c4ed15..fc0d1e5fc 100644
--- a/web/ui/react-app/package.json
+++ b/web/ui/react-app/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@prometheus-io/app",
-  "version": "0.44.0-rc.2",
+  "version": "0.44.0",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "@codemirror/autocomplete": "^6.4.0",
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "@lezer/common": "^1.0.2",
     "@nexucis/fuzzy": "^0.4.1",
     "@nexucis/kvsearch": "^0.8.1",
-    "@prometheus-io/codemirror-promql": "0.44.0-rc.2",
+    "@prometheus-io/codemirror-promql": "0.44.0",
     "bootstrap": "^4.6.2",
     "css.escape": "^1.5.1",
     "downshift": "^7.2.0",