diff --git a/k8s/seaweedfs/Chart.yaml b/k8s/seaweedfs/Chart.yaml
index c4f6bcc3b..ffdfe7b75 100644
--- a/k8s/seaweedfs/Chart.yaml
+++ b/k8s/seaweedfs/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 description: SeaweedFS
 name: seaweedfs
-appVersion: "2.43"
-version: 2.43
+appVersion: "2.44"
+version: 2.44
diff --git a/k8s/seaweedfs/values.yaml b/k8s/seaweedfs/values.yaml
index c75bb869c..0a6be919d 100644
--- a/k8s/seaweedfs/values.yaml
+++ b/k8s/seaweedfs/values.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ global:
   registry: ""
   repository: ""
   imageName: chrislusf/seaweedfs
-  # imageTag: "2.43" - started using {.Chart.appVersion}
+  # imageTag: "2.44" - started using {.Chart.appVersion}
   imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   imagePullSecrets: imagepullsecret
   restartPolicy: Always
diff --git a/weed/util/constants.go b/weed/util/constants.go
index ef2159c2c..ca554a9de 100644
--- a/weed/util/constants.go
+++ b/weed/util/constants.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	VERSION = fmt.Sprintf("%s %d.%02d", sizeLimit, 2, 43)
+	VERSION = fmt.Sprintf("%s %d.%02d", sizeLimit, 2, 44)
 	COMMIT  = ""
 )