diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 0d37598821..6c02ba627d 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
-10.4.3.x (relative to 10.4.3.1)
+10.4.4.0 (relative to 10.4.3.1)
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+Improvements
+------------
+
+- USD :
+  - Added loading of `float4` USD shader parameters as `Color4` parameters.
+  - Added support for Arnold-USD's convention for representing connections to individual indices of an array.
+
 Build
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+- Added compatibility with USD 23.02.
 - Updated Windows dependencies to 6.2.1.
 
 10.4.3.1 (relative to 10.4.3.0)
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 9a2e455ac4..f7cb2a9c43 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ SConsignFile()
 
 ieCoreMilestoneVersion = 10 # for announcing major milestones - may contain all of the below
 ieCoreMajorVersion = 4 # backwards-incompatible changes
-ieCoreMinorVersion = 3 # new backwards-compatible features
-ieCorePatchVersion = 1 # bug fixes
+ieCoreMinorVersion = 4 # new backwards-compatible features
+ieCorePatchVersion = 0 # bug fixes
 ieCoreVersionSuffix = "" # used for alpha/beta releases. Example: "a1", "b2", etc.
 
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