diff --git a/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Service/HTML/Filter.php b/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Service/HTML/Filter.php
index c4bd9cce515..a645580a464 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Service/HTML/Filter.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_finder/src/Service/HTML/Filter.php
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ class Filter
      *
      * @return  \stdClass[]  Flat array of all nodes of a tree with the children after each parent
      *
-     * @since   __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+     * @since   4.4.4
      */
     private function reduce(array $array)
     {
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml b/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml
index 234ae24e0a7..5f462c1458b 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/install.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<tag>en-GB</tag>
 	<version>4.4.4</version>
-	<creationDate>2024-02</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2024-04</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml b/administrator/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
index 281f1125d83..7c7ed1fa1a2 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <metafile client="administrator">
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<version>4.4.4</version>
-	<creationDate>2024-02</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2024-04</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml b/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
index 5c14c6403c7..73e24e5aa73 100644
--- a/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
+++ b/administrator/manifests/files/joomla.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
 	<copyright>(C) 2019 Open Source Matters, Inc.</copyright>
 	<license>GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt</license>
-	<version>4.4.4-dev</version>
-	<creationDate>2024-02</creationDate>
+	<version>4.4.4-rc1</version>
+	<creationDate>2024-04</creationDate>
 	<description>FILES_JOOMLA_XML_DESCRIPTION</description>
 
 	<scriptfile>administrator/components/com_admin/script.php</scriptfile>
diff --git a/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml b/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml
index 53e3c59f55d..b3ddb357e80 100644
--- a/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml
+++ b/administrator/manifests/packages/pkg_en-GB.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<name>English (en-GB) Language Pack</name>
 	<packagename>en-GB</packagename>
 	<version>4.4.4.1</version>
-	<creationDate>2024-02</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2024-04</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/api/language/en-GB/install.xml b/api/language/en-GB/install.xml
index faf245c6a99..66af8496950 100644
--- a/api/language/en-GB/install.xml
+++ b/api/language/en-GB/install.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<tag>en-GB</tag>
 	<version>4.4.4</version>
-	<creationDate>2024-02</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2024-04</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/api/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml b/api/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
index b58ef1eefc5..5bbb6f36527 100644
--- a/api/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
+++ b/api/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <metafile client="api">
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<version>4.4.4</version>
-	<creationDate>2024-02</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2024-04</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/components/com_config/src/Controller/ModulesController.php b/components/com_config/src/Controller/ModulesController.php
index 4aeabb54474..8286407824d 100644
--- a/components/com_config/src/Controller/ModulesController.php
+++ b/components/com_config/src/Controller/ModulesController.php
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class ModulesController extends BaseController
      *
      * @return  string
      *
-     * @since   __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+     * @since   4.4.4
      */
     private function getReturnUrl(): string
     {
diff --git a/installation/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml b/installation/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
index bf8eb2ae989..d6780129b86 100644
--- a/installation/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
+++ b/installation/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <metafile client="installation">
 	<name>English (United Kingdom)</name>
 	<version>4.4.4</version>
-	<creationDate>2024-02</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2024-04</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<copyright>(C) 2005 Open Source Matters, Inc.</copyright>
 	<license>GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt</license>
diff --git a/language/en-GB/install.xml b/language/en-GB/install.xml
index ecf9cc74069..717067a2e9e 100644
--- a/language/en-GB/install.xml
+++ b/language/en-GB/install.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<tag>en-GB</tag>
 	<version>4.4.4</version>
-	<creationDate>2024-02</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2024-04</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml b/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
index cb0d3ca208d..a72aa0885f6 100644
--- a/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
+++ b/language/en-GB/langmetadata.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <metafile client="site">
 	<name>English (en-GB)</name>
 	<version>4.4.4</version>
-	<creationDate>2024-02</creationDate>
+	<creationDate>2024-04</creationDate>
 	<author>Joomla! Project</author>
 	<authorEmail>admin@joomla.org</authorEmail>
 	<authorUrl>www.joomla.org</authorUrl>
diff --git a/libraries/src/Version.php b/libraries/src/Version.php
index 36fff79cc8f..38788bb985c 100644
--- a/libraries/src/Version.php
+++ b/libraries/src/Version.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ final class Version
      * @var    string
      * @since  3.8.0
      */
-    public const EXTRA_VERSION = 'dev';
+    public const EXTRA_VERSION = 'rc1';
 
     /**
      * Development status.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ final class Version
      * @var    string
      * @since  3.5
      */
-    public const DEV_STATUS = 'Development';
+    public const DEV_STATUS = 'Release Candidate';
 
     /**
      * Code name.
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ final class Version
      * @var    string
      * @since  3.5
      */
-    public const RELDATE = '20-February-2024';
+    public const RELDATE = '2-April-2024';
 
     /**
      * Release time.
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ final class Version
      * @var    string
      * @since  3.5
      */
-    public const RELTIME = '16:01';
+    public const RELTIME = '16:00';
 
     /**
      * Release timezone.