diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 09f3649..8d21c1e 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # file GENERATED by distutils, do NOT edit
-README.rst
 setup.py
 pygnmi/__init__.py
 pygnmi/arg_parser.py
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5bb370c..437f952 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -66,9 +66,13 @@ By using the pyGNMI tool you agree with `the license <LICENSE.txt>`_.
 Dev Log
 =======
 
+Release **0.4.4**:
+
+- Minor bug fix.
+
 Release **0.4.3**:
 
-- Added possibility to modify the timeout (default value is 5 seconds) for the session using ``gnmi_timeout`` key for ``gNMIclient class.
+- Added possibility to modify the timeout (default value is 5 seconds) for the session using ``gnmi_timeout`` key for ``gNMIclient`` class.
 
 Release **0.4.2**:
 
diff --git a/dist/pygnmi-0.4.3.tar.gz b/dist/pygnmi-0.4.3.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbb09c5
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diff --git a/pygnmi/__init__.py b/pygnmi/__init__.py
index 2d81444..f16ae44 100644
--- a/pygnmi/__init__.py
+++ b/pygnmi/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #(c)2019-2021, karneliuk.com
 
-__version__ = '0.4.3'
\ No newline at end of file
+__version__ = '0.4.4'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 55f6d77..3bac26e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 setup(
   name = 'pygnmi',
   packages = ['pygnmi', 'pygnmi.spec', 'pygnmi.artefacts'],
-  version = '0.4.3',
+  version = '0.4.4',
   license='bsd-3-clause',
   description = 'This repository contains pure Python implementation of the gNMI client to interact with the network functions.',
   long_description = long_description,
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   author = 'Anton Karneliuk',
   author_email = 'anton@karneliuk.com',
   url = 'https://github.com/akarneliuk/pygnmi',
-  download_url = 'https://github.com/akarneliuk/pygnmi/archive/v0.4.3.tar.gz',
+  download_url = 'https://github.com/akarneliuk/pygnmi/archive/v0.4.4.tar.gz',
   keywords = ['gnmi', 'automation', 'grpc', 'network'], 
   install_requires=[
           'grpcio',