diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 30a634f..1a649cd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+Overview of changes in GLib 2.44.1
+==================================
+
+* Don't redefine typedefs to avoid build problems on OpenBSD
+
+* Improve the default application algorithm
+
+* Bump the number of children a GType can have
+
+* Various testsuite improvements
+
+* Translation updates:
+ Czech
+ Icelandic
+ Russian
+
+
 Overview of changes in GLib 2.44.0
 ===================================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b707688..b6640da 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 
 m4_define([glib_major_version], [2])
 m4_define([glib_minor_version], [44])
-m4_define([glib_micro_version], [0])
-m4_define([glib_interface_age], [0])
+m4_define([glib_micro_version], [1])
+m4_define([glib_interface_age], [1])
 m4_define([glib_binary_age],
           [m4_eval(100 * glib_minor_version + glib_micro_version)])
 m4_define([glib_version],