From 459d526a661e139df91aae013b90748a09549b4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cara Ryan <cara.ryan@portainer.io>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:02:19 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] chore: bump version to 2.44.0 (#3313)

---
 api/datastore/test_data/output_24_to_latest.json | 4 ++--
 api/docs/openapi.yaml                            | 2 +-
 api/docs/swagger.yaml                            | 2 +-
 api/http/handler/handler.go                      | 2 +-
 api/portainer.go                                 | 2 +-
 package.json                                     | 2 +-
 6 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/api/datastore/test_data/output_24_to_latest.json b/api/datastore/test_data/output_24_to_latest.json
index 16d6c3c06d..83749e3434 100644
--- a/api/datastore/test_data/output_24_to_latest.json
+++ b/api/datastore/test_data/output_24_to_latest.json
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@
       "RequiredPasswordLength": 12
     },
     "KubeconfigExpiry": "0",
-    "KubectlShellImage": "portainer/kubectl-shell:2.43.0",
+    "KubectlShellImage": "portainer/kubectl-shell:2.44.0",
     "LDAPSettings": {
       "AnonymousMode": true,
       "AutoCreateUsers": true,
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "version": {
-    "VERSION": "{\"SchemaVersion\":\"2.43.0\",\"MigratorCount\":2,\"Edition\":1,\"InstanceID\":\"463d5c47-0ea5-4aca-85b1-405ceefee254\"}"
+    "VERSION": "{\"SchemaVersion\":\"2.44.0\",\"MigratorCount\":1,\"Edition\":1,\"InstanceID\":\"463d5c47-0ea5-4aca-85b1-405ceefee254\"}"
   },
   "webhooks": null,
   "workflows": null
diff --git a/api/docs/openapi.yaml b/api/docs/openapi.yaml
index 995be9f3c3..50bc95d19b 100644
--- a/api/docs/openapi.yaml
+++ b/api/docs/openapi.yaml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ info:
     name: zlib
     url: https://github.com/portainer/portainer/blob/develop/LICENSE
   title: PortainerCE API
-  version: 2.43.0
+  version: 2.44.0
 paths:
   /auth:
     post:
diff --git a/api/docs/swagger.yaml b/api/docs/swagger.yaml
index 465c9e436a..828393e361 100644
--- a/api/docs/swagger.yaml
+++ b/api/docs/swagger.yaml
@@ -9841,7 +9841,7 @@ info:
     name: zlib
     url: https://github.com/portainer/portainer/blob/develop/LICENSE
   title: PortainerCE API
-  version: 2.43.0
+  version: 2.44.0
 paths:
   /auth:
     post:
diff --git a/api/http/handler/handler.go b/api/http/handler/handler.go
index 33d3417733..8c5a8667c2 100644
--- a/api/http/handler/handler.go
+++ b/api/http/handler/handler.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ type Handler struct {
 }
 
 // @title PortainerCE API
-// @version 2.43.0
+// @version 2.44.0
 // @description.markdown
 // @x-tagGroups [{"name":"Access Control","tags":["auth","roles","team_memberships","teams","users"]},{"name":"Administration","tags":["backup","ldap","motd","settings","status","system","ssl","upload"]},{"name":"Docker","tags":["templates","custom_templates","docker","registries","resource_controls","stacks","webhooks","websocket"]},{"name":"Edge Compute","tags":["edge_agent","edge_groups","edge_jobs","edge","edge_stacks"]},{"name":"Environment Management","tags":["endpoint_groups","endpoints","tags"]},{"name":"GitOps","tags":["gitops"]},{"name":"Kubernetes","tags":["helm","kubernetes"]}]
 // @termsOfService
diff --git a/api/portainer.go b/api/portainer.go
index ffca43f65d..cf9996a101 100644
--- a/api/portainer.go
+++ b/api/portainer.go
@@ -2091,7 +2091,7 @@ type (
 
 const (
 	// APIVersion is the version number of the Portainer API
-	APIVersion = "2.43.0"
+	APIVersion = "2.44.0"
 	// Support annotation for the API version ("STS" for Short-Term Support or "LTS" for Long-Term Support)
 	APIVersionSupport = "STS"
 	// Edition is what this edition of Portainer is called
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 16aed33f72..00f7ad88ab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Portainer.io",
   "name": "@portainer/ce",
   "homepage": "http://portainer.io",
-  "version": "2.43.0",
+  "version": "2.44.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git@github.com:portainer/portainer.git"