diff --git a/lightrag/__init__.py b/lightrag/__init__.py
index a6123e57..479e6ad9 100644
--- a/lightrag/__init__.py
+++ b/lightrag/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from .lightrag import LightRAG as LightRAG, QueryParam as QueryParam
 
-__version__ = "1.4.3"
+__version__ = "1.4.4"
 __author__ = "Zirui Guo"
 __url__ = "https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG"
diff --git a/lightrag/api/__init__.py b/lightrag/api/__init__.py
index d1b8d5d8..df6c6909 100644
--- a/lightrag/api/__init__.py
+++ b/lightrag/api/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__api_version__ = "0186"
+__api_version__ = "0187"