diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 583fc16b7..fc983d853 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [4.4.0](https://github.com/structured-world/coordinode-lsm-tree/compare/v4.3.1...v4.4.0) - 2026-04-09
+
+### Added
+
+- *(compression)* enable dictionary compression in pure Rust backend ([#229](https://github.com/structured-world/coordinode-lsm-tree/pull/229))
+
+### Performance
+
+- *(compression)* cache pre-compiled Dictionary across block decompress calls ([#227](https://github.com/structured-world/coordinode-lsm-tree/pull/227))
+
 ## [4.3.1](https://github.com/structured-world/coordinode-lsm-tree/compare/v4.3.0...v4.3.1) - 2026-04-06
 
 ### Performance
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0c68d3edb..8df1008de 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "coordinode-lsm-tree"
 description = "A K.I.S.S. implementation of log-structured merge trees (LSM-trees/LSMTs) — CoordiNode fork"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
-version = "4.3.1"
+version = "4.4.0"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.92"
 readme = "README.md"