diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 28f325106..b7ccbd6cc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.4.4
+
+**Release date:** 2025-11-19
+
+This patch release fixes the error `no URLLoader registered` and
+Azure Workload Identity in Azure China Cloud. It also adds a
+feature gate to disable the ConfigMap and Secret watchers,
+`DisableConfigWatchers`.
+
+Improvements:
+- Add feature gate for disabling config watchers
+  [#1353](https://github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/pull/1353)
+- Upgrade k8s to 1.34.2, c-r to 0.22.4 and helm to 3.19.2
+  [#1350](https://github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/pull/1350)
+- Upgrade Helm to 3.19.1
+  [#1346](https://github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/pull/1346)
+
 ## 1.4.3
 
 **Release date:** 2025-10-28
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index cae3854b2..96ab9528a 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ resources:
 images:
   - name: fluxcd/helm-controller
     newName: fluxcd/helm-controller
-    newTag: v1.4.3
+    newTag: v1.4.4
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1aea9308b..3f4b2cc22 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ replace (
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.4.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/cli-utils v0.36.0-flux.15
-	github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api v1.4.3
+	github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api v1.4.4
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/acl v0.9.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/event v0.21.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/kustomize v1.14.0