diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2f916b0e0d..be21444a10 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "marko",
-    "version": "4.18.43",
+    "version": "4.18.44",
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     "requires": true,
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eed2433d6b..070e6eae31 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "marko",
-    "version": "4.18.43",
+    "version": "4.18.44",
     "license": "MIT",
     "description": "UI Components + streaming, async, high performance, HTML templating for Node.js and the browser.",
     "scripts": {