diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ccebd1605..509b98c7f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Master (Unreleased)
 
+## 1.44.1 (2020-10-20)
+
+* Relax `rubocop-ast` version constraint. ([@PhilCoggins][])
+
 ## 1.44.0 (2020-10-20)
 
 * Move our documentation from rubocop-rspec.readthedocs.io to docs.rubocop.org/rubocop-rspec. ([@bquorning][])
@@ -566,3 +570,4 @@ Compatibility release so users can upgrade RuboCop to 0.51.0. No new features.
 [@biinari]: https://github.com/biinari
 [@koic]: https://github.com/koic
 [@Rafix02]: https://github.com/Rafix02
+[@PhilCoggins]: https://github.com/PhilCoggins
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/rspec/version.rb b/lib/rubocop/rspec/version.rb
index 085869561..2ffa4b500 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/rspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/rspec/version.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module RuboCop
   module RSpec
     # Version information for the RSpec RuboCop plugin.
     module Version
-      STRING = '1.44.0'
+      STRING = '1.44.1'
     end
   end
 end