diff --git a/DEV.md b/DEV.md
index 3550e55..811d2f4 100644
--- a/DEV.md
+++ b/DEV.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Building
 1. Install/Update build dependencies:
 `pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel twine`
 1. Increment the version number in setup.py
+1. Clean the `dist/` directory
 1. Create the package files:
 `python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel`
 1. Upload to test pypi repo:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bde5930..c6e2466 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='Pyrebase4',
-    version='4.3.0',
+    version='4.4.0',
     url='https://github.com/nhorvath/Pyrebase4',
     description='A simple python wrapper for the Firebase API with current deps',
     author='nhorvath',