diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 5bdc72faa84..e55e9e681f4 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kotlin.code.style=official
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096M
 
 # codegen
-smithyVersion=1.42.0
+smithyVersion=1.44.0
 smithyGradleVersion=0.6.0
 
 smithySwiftVersion = 0.1.0