diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 88d6446a9..ad1686b8a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [1.4.4](https://github.com/hyperledger/identus-apollo/compare/v1.4.3...v1.4.4) (2024-10-23)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* make fixes to ed25519 sign method + improve tests ([#195](https://github.com/hyperledger/identus-apollo/issues/195)) ([354c9bd](https://github.com/hyperledger/identus-apollo/commit/354c9bdd12027a16fe598dfab187153dd465cd23))
+
 ## [1.4.3](https://github.com/hyperledger/identus-apollo/compare/v1.4.2...v1.4.3) (2024-08-26)
 
 
diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index b7242bc26..944ee54ce 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ let package = Package(
         // RELEASE
         .binaryTarget(
             name: "ApolloBinary",
-            url: "https://github.com/hyperledger/identus-apollo/releases/download/v1.4.3/Apollo.xcframework.zip",
-            checksum: "2632c90ecfabc83a84017c7bff2982ad009240397086306db032d9d556b1c7f8"
+            url: "https://github.com/hyperledger/identus-apollo/releases/download/v1.4.4/Apollo.xcframework.zip",
+            checksum: "1afa20e8939161e593a4d32cd25a80b7bc6e67a29d28a59c5fd727ab7f097bed"
         )
     ]
 )
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 7f98d1d4c..cd68560f2 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version = 1.4.3
+version = 1.4.4
 org.gradle.jvmargs = -Xmx3072M -Dkotlin.daemon.jvm.options="-Xmx3072M"
 kotlin.code.style = official
 android.useAndroidX = true