diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 8c6d3b42..dfb1d81a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "5.44.0"
+  ".": "5.44.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4b97c5ae..1935a66b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [5.44.1](https://github.com/RetellAI/retell-python-sdk/compare/v5.44.0...v5.44.1) (2026-05-29)
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* restore stlc auto-merge triggers ([5f38f95](https://github.com/RetellAI/retell-python-sdk/commit/5f38f95c5a65f79aedc16da6277c8800f4d05ffc))
+
 ## 5.44.0 (2026-05-29)
 
 Full Changelog: [v5.43.1...v5.44.0](https://github.com/RetellAI/retell-python-sdk/compare/v5.43.1...v5.44.0)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cb25b0c7..eb09a8e8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "retell-sdk"
-version = "5.44.0"
+version = "5.44.1"
 description = "The official Python library for the retell API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/retell/_version.py b/src/retell/_version.py
index f6ecd1ac..247924d2 100644
--- a/src/retell/_version.py
+++ b/src/retell/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "retell"
-__version__ = "5.44.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "5.44.1"  # x-release-please-version