diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 86a61a88..753d5be2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set(APPLICATION_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
 
 set(APPLICATION_VERSION_MAJOR "0")
 set(APPLICATION_VERSION_MINOR "6")
-set(APPLICATION_VERSION_PATCH "0")
+set(APPLICATION_VERSION_PATCH "1")
 
 set(APPLICATION_VERSION "${APPLICATION_VERSION_MAJOR}.${APPLICATION_VERSION_MINOR}.${APPLICATION_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ set(APPLICATION_VERSION "${APPLICATION_VERSION_MAJOR}.${APPLICATION_VERSION_MINO
 #     Increment AGE. Set REVISION to 0
 #   If the source code was changed, but there were no interface changes:
 #     Increment REVISION.
-set(LIBRARY_VERSION "4.3.0")
+set(LIBRARY_VERSION "4.4.0")
 set(LIBRARY_SOVERSION "4")
 
 # where to look first for cmake modules, before ${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/ is checked
diff --git a/include/libssh/libssh.h b/include/libssh/libssh.h
index 2b125f23..31bcc869 100644
--- a/include/libssh/libssh.h
+++ b/include/libssh/libssh.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 /* libssh version */
 #define LIBSSH_VERSION_MAJOR  0
 #define LIBSSH_VERSION_MINOR  6
-#define LIBSSH_VERSION_MICRO  0
+#define LIBSSH_VERSION_MICRO  1
 
 #define LIBSSH_VERSION_INT SSH_VERSION_INT(LIBSSH_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                            LIBSSH_VERSION_MINOR, \