diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b9fd9f88..ef93cac3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+## [v2.44.0](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/releases/tag/v2.44.0) - 2025-08-12
+
+### Feature
+
+* Add convert_string to document-converter ([#2069](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/2069)) ([`b09033c`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/b09033cb73e3d99bb8b299675a539b4f10e41cb1))
+
+### Fix
+
+* **html:** Parse rawspan and colspan when they include non numerical values ([#2048](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/2048)) ([`ed56f2d`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/ed56f2de5d58d8257df09beadc03bfddd521511a))
+* Support new mlx-vlm module ([#2001](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/2001)) ([`0130e3a`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/0130e3ae96bf7679e28ce1ec939ac750c71c6756))
+* Extend error reporting when verbose logging is enabled ([#2017](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/2017)) ([`2eb760d`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/2eb760d060911102be6f58fc1322b648e11099ab))
+* **HTML:** Replace non-standard Unicode characters ([#2006](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/2006)) ([`86f7012`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/86f70128aae9a4c4187c69757e77ebf90c8cf0c0))
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Add Langflow integration ([#2068](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/2068)) ([`e2cca93`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/e2cca931be24f05de843e074a91a0a0fa53a1393))
+* Add Arconia integration ([#2061](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/2061)) ([`bfda6d3`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/bfda6d34d87965056fd0f7f4adcca6613f89ea3a))
+
 ## [v2.43.0](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/releases/tag/v2.43.0) - 2025-07-28
 
 ### Feature
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 64d4a6d3..ce649841 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "docling"
-version = "2.43.0"  # DO NOT EDIT, updated automatically
+version = "2.44.0"  # DO NOT EDIT, updated automatically
 description = "SDK and CLI for parsing PDF, DOCX, HTML, and more, to a unified document representation for powering downstream workflows such as gen AI applications."
 license = "MIT"
 keywords = [
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 88adc26d..46e36d63 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 version = 1
-revision = 2
+revision = 3
 requires-python = ">=3.9, <4.0"
 resolution-markers = [
     "python_full_version >= '3.12' and platform_machine == 'arm64' and sys_platform == 'darwin'",
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "docling"
-version = "2.43.0"
+version = "2.44.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "accelerate" },