diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fe677fd95..8a36818e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 <tr>
   <td>Since Release</td>
   <td>
-    <a id="commit-since-release-link" href="https://github.com/datajoint/datajoint-python/compare/v0.14.3...master">
-      <img id="commit-since-release-img" src="https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/datajoint/datajoint-python/latest?color=red" alt="commit since last release" />
+    <a id="commit-since-release-link" href="https://github.com/datajoint/datajoint-python/compare/v0.14.4...master">
+      <img id="commit-since-release-img" src="https://img.shields.io/github/commits-since/datajoint/datajoint-python/v0.14.4?color=red" alt="commit since last release" />
     </a>
   </td>
 </tr>
diff --git a/datajoint/version.py b/datajoint/version.py
index c980ad0d0..3f48dc939 100644
--- a/datajoint/version.py
+++ b/datajoint/version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # version bump auto managed by Github Actions:
 # label_prs.yaml(prep), release.yaml(bump), post_release.yaml(edit)
 # manually set this version will be eventually overwritten by the above actions
-__version__ = "0.14.3"
+__version__ = "0.14.4"
 
 assert len(__version__) <= 10  # The log table limits version to the 10 characters