diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: pkgbuild
 Title: Find Tools Needed to Build R Packages
-Version: 1.4.4
+Version: 1.4.4.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", role = "aut"),
     person("Jim", "Hester", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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+# pkgbuild (development version)
+
 # pkgbuild 1.4.4
 
 * pkgbuild now supports R 4.4.x and Rtools44 (#183).