diff --git a/ChangeLog-10.5.md b/ChangeLog-10.5.md
index a5e1aa705f..94683344ea 100644
--- a/ChangeLog-10.5.md
+++ b/ChangeLog-10.5.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 All notable changes of the PHPUnit 10.5 release series are documented in this file using the [Keep a CHANGELOG](https://keepachangelog.com/) principles.
 
-## [10.5.44] - 2025-MM-DD
+## [10.5.44] - 2025-01-31
 
 ### Fixed
 
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ All notable changes of the PHPUnit 10.5 release series are documented in this fi
 
 * [#5563](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/5563): `createMockForIntersectionOfInterfaces()` does not automatically register mock object for expectation verification
 
-[10.5.44]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/10.5.43...10.5
+[10.5.44]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/10.5.43...10.5.44
 [10.5.43]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/10.5.42...10.5.43
 [10.5.42]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/10.5.41...10.5.42
 [10.5.41]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/10.5.40...10.5.41
diff --git a/src/Runner/Version.php b/src/Runner/Version.php
index 4e55492081..9be5ed9272 100644
--- a/src/Runner/Version.php
+++ b/src/Runner/Version.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public static function id(): string
         }
 
         if (self::$version === '') {
-            self::$version = (new VersionId('10.5.43', dirname(__DIR__, 2)))->asString();
+            self::$version = (new VersionId('10.5.44', dirname(__DIR__, 2)))->asString();
         }
 
         return self::$version;