diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c7bc99a..fafebca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 10
     name: lint
     runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'stainless-sdks/kernel-python' && 'depot-ubuntu-24.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork
+    if: (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork) && (github.event_name != 'push' || github.event.head_commit.message != 'codegen metadata')
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./scripts/lint
 
   build:
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork
+    if: (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork) && (github.event_name != 'push' || github.event.head_commit.message != 'codegen metadata')
     timeout-minutes: 10
     name: build
     permissions:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 95ceb18..3824f4c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .prism.log
+.stdy.log
 _dev
 
 __pycache__
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index cc51f6f..b7510e2 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.44.0"
+  ".": "0.44.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a11503f..f48563f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.44.1 (2026-03-25)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.44.0...v0.44.1](https://github.com/kernel/kernel-python-sdk/compare/v0.44.0...v0.44.1)
+
+### Chores
+
+* **ci:** skip lint on metadata-only changes ([f0815a8](https://github.com/kernel/kernel-python-sdk/commit/f0815a8d36799444220552cb599a19b79c9b5e12))
+* **internal:** update gitignore ([34b47ab](https://github.com/kernel/kernel-python-sdk/commit/34b47ab40aeb12ad9f78e923493caaca88a554b4))
+
 ## 0.44.0 (2026-03-20)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.43.0...v0.44.0](https://github.com/kernel/kernel-python-sdk/compare/v0.43.0...v0.44.0)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 62ca833..975235a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "kernel"
-version = "0.44.0"
+version = "0.44.1"
 description = "The official Python library for the kernel API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/kernel/_version.py b/src/kernel/_version.py
index 2c4ce41..1d5cacb 100644
--- a/src/kernel/_version.py
+++ b/src/kernel/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "kernel"
-__version__ = "0.44.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.44.1"  # x-release-please-version