diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d8ee924..9b66a69 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 set(POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION "0")
 set(POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION "24")
-set(POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION "3")
+set(POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION "4")
 set(POPPLER_VERSION "${POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION}")
 
 # command line switches
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
 else(MSVC)
 add_library(poppler SHARED ${poppler_SRCS})
 endif(MSVC)
-set_target_properties(poppler PROPERTIES VERSION 43.0.0 SOVERSION 43)
+set_target_properties(poppler PROPERTIES VERSION 44.0.0 SOVERSION 44)
 target_link_libraries(poppler ${poppler_LIBS})
 target_link_libraries(poppler LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES "")
 install(TARGETS poppler RUNTIME DESTINATION bin LIBRARY DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX} ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX})
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 03a9e68..ff38e7f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+Release 0.24.4
+        core:
+         * Fix regression in broken endstream detection. Bug #70854
+         * Catalog: sort entries of NameTrees to make sure lookup works. Bug #26049
+         * Don't infinite loop if reading from GooFile::read fails. Bug #71835
+
+        utils:
+         * pdftotext: Do not close stdout. Bug #71639
+         * pdftotext: Silence warning for may be used uninitialized variable. Bug #71640
+         * pdftotext: Escape the text of the xml headers
+         * Warn the user if he provides a wrong range
+
+        qt4:
+         * Fix typo in xml API. Bug #71643
+
+        qt5:
+         * Fix typo in xml API. Bug #71643
+
 Release 0.24.3
         core:
          * PSOutputDev: Fix PFB font embedding. Bug #69717
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 88112cb..2f44f71 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 m4_define([poppler_version_major],[0])
 m4_define([poppler_version_minor],[24])
-m4_define([poppler_version_micro],[3])
+m4_define([poppler_version_micro],[4])
 m4_define([poppler_version],[poppler_version_major.poppler_version_minor.poppler_version_micro])
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
diff --git a/cpp/Doxyfile b/cpp/Doxyfile
index 2c67532..d84579d 100644
--- a/cpp/Doxyfile
+++ b/cpp/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.24.3
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.24.4
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.
diff --git a/poppler/Makefile.am b/poppler/Makefile.am
index aa7c924..6e21c17 100644
--- a/poppler/Makefile.am
+++ b/poppler/Makefile.am
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 	$(PTHREAD_LIBS)				\
 	$(win32_libs)
 
-libpoppler_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 43:0:0 @create_shared_lib@ @auto_import_flags@
+libpoppler_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 44:0:0 @create_shared_lib@ @auto_import_flags@
 
 if ENABLE_XPDF_HEADERS
 
diff --git a/qt4/src/Doxyfile b/qt4/src/Doxyfile
index 7cb051a..70665af 100644
--- a/qt4/src/Doxyfile
+++ b/qt4/src/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.24.3
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.24.4
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.
diff --git a/qt5/src/Doxyfile b/qt5/src/Doxyfile
index 8678bc2..4f70d4c 100644
--- a/qt5/src/Doxyfile
+++ b/qt5/src/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.24.3
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.24.4
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.